hawdd
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh hawð, from Proto-Brythonic *họð, from Proto-Celtic *sādos (“easy”); compare Cornish hueth (“quiet”),[1] as well as Old Irish asse (“easy”, from *ad-sādo-syos).[2]
The further origin of the Celtic root is uncertain. It was once thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”),[3] and so cognate to Latin suavis, Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús), and English sweet, but this analysis has both phonological and semantic difficulties.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithawdd (feminine singular hawdd, plural hawdd, equative hawsed or hawdded, comparative haws or hawsach or hawddach, superlative hawsaf or hawddaf, not mutable)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hawdd”, 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, page 318
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 148 i 6
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