Middle Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Welsh diued, from Proto-Brythonic *diweð, from Proto-Celtic *dīwedom, from *dīwedeti (to stop); compare Breton diwez, Cornish deweth, and Old Irish dead.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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diueð m

  1. end

Descendants

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  • Welsh: diwedd

Mutation

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Middle Welsh mutation
Radical Soft Nasal Aspirate
diueð ðiueð niueð unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Simon Evans (1964) A Grammar of Middle Welsh, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 1