gwair

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wegrom, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’.[1] Cognate with Cornish gora and Old Irish fér (“grass”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwai̯r/

Noun

gwair m (plural gweiriau)

  1. hay

Derived terms

  • clefyd y gwair (“hay fever”)
  • neidr y gwair (“grass snake”)
  • sboncyn y gwair (“grasshopper”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwair wair ngwair unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
  • “gwair”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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