uwd
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɨ̞u̯d/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɪu̯d/
Noun edit
uwd m (usually uncountable, plural iydoedd)
Derived terms edit
- uwd papur (“paper pulp”)
- uwd rhynion (“gruel”)
- uwd sucan (“sowens”)
- uwdfys, bys yr uwd (“index finger”)
- uwtffon (“spatula, spurtle”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “uwd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 438-9