gwyddbwyll
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *gwɨðbuɨll, from Proto-Celtic *widukʷēslā (literally “wood intelligence”). By surface analysis, gwŷdd (“trees, wood”) + pwyll (“consideration, reason”). Compare Cornish gwydhbol, Breton gwezboell and also Irish ficheall, Scottish Gaelic fidhcheall, Manx feeal.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwɨ̞ðbʊɨ̯ɬ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊi̯ðbʊi̯ɬ/, /ˈɡwɪðbʊi̯ɬ/
See also
| Chess pieces in Welsh · darnau gwyddbwyll (layout · text) | |||||
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| brenin | brenhines | castell | esgob | marchog | gwerinwr |
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
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| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gwyddbwyll | wyddbwyll | ngwyddbwyll | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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