lliw
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Welsh[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lliw m (plural lliwiau)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- lliwydd (“painter, dyer”)
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
lliw | liw | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 76 ix 1
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