nodwydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh notwyð, from Proto-Brythonic *nọduɨð (compare Middle Breton nodoez/modern Breton nadoz/Gwenedeg dialect nadoé, Middle Cornish nasweth/modern Cornish nadzhedh), from a derivative of Proto-Celtic *snātos (“thread”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔdwɨ̞ð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔdʊi̯ð/, /ˈnɔdwɪð/

Noun

nodwydd f (plural nodwyddau, not mutable)

1. needle

Derived terms

• môr-nodwydd, nodwydd y môr (“garfish”)
• nodwydd y bugail (“Venus' comb”)

Further reading

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