crydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cryð, by irregular syncope from Proto-Brythonic *kėrɨð, from Proto-Celtic *karɸiyos. Compare Breton kere, Old Irish cairem (“leatherworker”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /krɨːð/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kriːð/
• Rhymes: -ɨːð

Noun

crydd m (plural cryddion)

1. shoemaker, cobbler

Derived terms

• crydda (“to cobble”)
• cryddiaeth (“shoemaking”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crydd	grydd	nghrydd	chrydd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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