cwd

See also: CWD

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kuH-t-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) (compare Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), Old English hȳd).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːd/

Noun

cwd m (diminutive cwdyn or cydyn, plural cydau)

  1. pouch, bag, poke
  2. purse
  3. (anatomy) scrotum, cod; any bag-like cavity or organ in body, sac

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwd gwd nghwd chwd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “cwd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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