cwd

See also: CWD

Welsh

Etymology

If not borrowed from Latin cutis (“skin”), cwd is the sole surviving Celtic reflex (via Proto-Brythonic *kud, from Proto-Celtic *kutis) of Proto-Indo-European *kuH-ti-, which is composed of the root *kew(H)- (zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”)) +‎ *-tis (a deverbal abstract noun suffix). In addition to Latin cutis, cognate with Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), Old English hȳd (modern English hide (noun)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːd/

Noun

cwd m (plural cydau, diminutive cwdyn or cydyn)

1. pouch, bag, poke
2. purse
3. (anatomy) scrotum, cod; any bag-like cavity or organ in body, sac

Derived terms

• ceillgwd (“scrotum”)
• cydaid (“bagful”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cwd	gwd	nghwd	chwd
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), “cwd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies