malwod
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Old Welsh meluet, from Proto-Brythonic *melw- (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *meldo- (“pleasant, mild”), *mlido (“soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”).
Compare Breton melc'hwed, Cornish melhwes, (compare Breton melw (“snot”)). Also see Gaulish *multon- (“sheep”), which could be related.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malwod f (collective, singulative malwoden or malwen)
Synonyms edit
- (slug): gwlithen
Hyponyms edit
- malwod cregyn (“snail”)
- malwen noethlymun (“slug”) (northeast Wales)
Derived terms edit
- malwod môr (“sea snails”)
- malwod troellog (“whorl snails”)
- cysgu yn llety’r falwoden (“to sleep by an outside wall”, literally “to sleep in the snail's lodgings”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
malwod | falwod | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “meldo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 262