canghellor

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • cynghellor

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kyghellawr, from Latin cancellārius. Cognate with English chancellor and German Kanzler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaŋˈhɛɬɔr/

Noun

canghellor m (plural cangellorion or cangelloriaid)

  1. chancellor
  2. (historical) a royal officer of medieval Wales appointed to oversee certain of the king's demesne holdings and taeogs

Derived terms

  • Canghellor y Trysorlys (“Chancellor of the Exchequer”)
  • is-ganghellor

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
canghellor ganghellor nghanghellor changhellor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “canghellor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
  • A. Wade-Evans. Welsh Medieval Law.
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