Cornish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Brythonic *gwrʉg, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from an unknown non-Indo-European source.

Compare Czech vřes, Latvian vìrsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɡryːɡ]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ɡriːɡ]

Noun edit

grug m or m pl (plural grugow, singulative gruglon)

  1. heather

Compounds edit

Mutation edit

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Welsh gwrug, from Proto-Brythonic *gwrʉg, from Proto-Celtic *wroikos, from an unknown non-Indo-European source.

Compare Czech vřes, Latvian vìrsis, Ancient Greek ἐρείκη (ereíkē).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

grug m or m pl (plural grugoedd, singulative grugyn or grugen)

  1. heather
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
grug rug ngrug unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

grug

  1. Soft mutation of crug (hillock).
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crug grug nghrug chrug
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.