alarch

Welsh

Etymology

From *alarkos, from *el-r̥-sko, from Proto-Celtic *eli- (compare Irish eala ‘swan’), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (compare Latin olor ‘swan’, Old Swedish ala, alla ‘long-tailed duck’, Hittite alilas).

Noun

alarch m (plural elyrch) 

1. swan

Derived terms

• alarch Bewick
• alarch dof
• alarch y gogledd