mwg

See also: mẁg and MWG

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh mwc, from Proto-Celtic *muk- (compare Cornish mog, Breton mog (“fire”), moug (“suffocation, asphyxiation”), Old Irish múch), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-. Cognate with English smoke and Old Armenian մուխ (mux).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːɡ/
• Rhymes: -uːɡ

Noun

mwg m (plural mygau)

1. smoke

Derived terms

• mwg drwg (“weed, marijuana”)
• mwgfaen (“brimstone, sulphur”)

Mutation

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

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mwg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies