dryw

Welsh

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); see Scottish Gaelic dàir. For similar sense development, compare Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos, “Egyptian plover”) from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).^[1]^[2]

Cognate with Old Irish dreän (“wren”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (modern English wren).

dryw m or f by sense (plural drywod)

wren, jenny wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)^[3]
Synonyms: dryw bach, chwynnwr, powlin bach, pompen

Mutated forms of *dryw*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dryw	ddryw	nryw	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

From Middle Welsh dryw, from Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to see, to know”), hence meaning "tree-knower".

dryw m (plural drywon)

Mutated forms of *dryw*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dryw	ddryw	nryw	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

dryw m

Mutated forms of *tryw*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tryw	dryw	nhryw	thryw

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dryw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dryw”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page dàir.
^ Peter Hayman, Rob Hume (2004) Iolo Williams, transl., Llyfr Adar Iolo Williams: Cymru ac Ewrop (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 183