Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Welsh cnoi, cny, from Proto-Celtic *knāyeti (to bite), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂-.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

cnoi (first-person singular present cnoaf)

  1. to bite
    Synonym: brathu
    Cnoiodd y ci y ddynes.
    The dog bit the woman.
  2. to chew
  3. to worry

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cnoi gnoi nghnoi chnoi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “kna-yo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 211