uwd
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle Welsh iwt, from Old Welsh iot, from Proto-Celtic *yut-, *yot-. The Celtic is traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *yewH-s- (“sap, juice, broth”), from *yewH- (“to blend, mix (food), knead”).
However, Matasovic is skeptical of links to Proto-Indo-European, due to the laryngeal in the reconstructed form showing no traces in Celtic, and considers the word a substrate borrowing.
Cognate with Breton yod, Cornish yôs, Old Irish íth, as well as Gallo-Latin iotta, iutta (borrowed from Celtic).
uwd m (usually uncountable, plural iydoedd)
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
uwd | unchanged | unchanged | huwd |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |