kefeleg

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton queffelec, from Proto-Brythonic *kėfɨlọg, perhaps derived from *kėfɨl (“horse”) (whence Breton kefil) owing to the similarity between the bird's call and the snort of a horse. Cognate with Cornish kevelek and Welsh cyffylog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈfeːlek/

Noun

kefeleg m (plural kefeleged)

1. woodcock

Mutation

  Mutation of kefeleg  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kefeleg	gefeleg	c'hefeleg	unchanged
plural	k{{{3}}}	g{{{3}}}	c'h{{{3}}}	unchanged