Cornish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Cornish scuid, from Proto-Brythonic *skuɨð, from Proto-Celtic *skēdos, cognate with Welsh ysgwydd (shoulder), Breton skoaz (shoulder), and Old Irish scíath (wing)).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [skoːð]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [skuːð]

Noun edit

skoodh f (dual diwskodh, plural skodhow)

  1. shoulder

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN