kefeleg

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton queffelec, from Proto-Brythonic *kėfɨlọg, perhaps derived from *kėfɨl (“horse”) (whence Breton kefil) owing to the similarity between the bird's call and the snort of a horse. Cognate with Cornish kevelek and Welsh cyffylog.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /keˈfeːlek/

Noun

kefeleg m (plural kefeleged)

  1. woodcock

Mutation
  Mutation of kefeleg  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehard
singular kefeleg gefeleg c'hefeleg unchanged
plural k{{{3}}} g{{{3}}} c'h{{{3}}} unchanged
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