mwg

See also: mẁg

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh mwc, from Proto-Brythonic *mug (whence Cornish mooge; Breton mog, moug (“fire”) and Breton moged (“smoke”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-. Cognate with Irish múch, English smoke and Old Armenian մուխ (mux).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːɡ/

Noun

mwg m (plural mygau)

1. smoke

Derived terms

• mwg drwg

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mwg	fwg	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mwg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies