Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Welsh llwyddaw, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlēdeti (to succeed),[1] cognate with Proto-West Germanic *flītan (to strive, fight), conceivably from Proto-Indo-European *pleyd- (to attempt).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

llwydd m (plural llwyddon)[3]

  1. prosperity, success, good fortune

Derived terms edit

  • llwyddo (to succeed, to prosper)

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “flēd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 133
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 521-522
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llwydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies