-fedd

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

Related to medd (“authority, rule”) and meddu (“to possess”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure; give advice”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /vɛð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /vað/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /vɛð/

Suffix edit

-fedd f (plural -feddi)

forming nouns denoting lengths or units of length, -length
‎mawd (“thumb”) + ‎-fedd → ‎modfedd (“inch”)

‎ewin (“fingernail”) + ‎-fedd → ‎ewinfedd (“fingernail's breadth; a tiny amount”)

‎ton (“wave”) + ‎-fedd → ‎tonfedd (“wavelength”)

Derived terms edit

Welsh terms suffixed with -fedd

References edit

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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