gwythi

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish guid, from Proto-Celtic *wēt(t)ā (“swamp, stream”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to wither”), see also Latin viēscō (“wither”), Lithuanian výsti (“wither”), Old High German wesanēn (“wither, wilt”) and Old Norse visna.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gwythi f (singulative gwythien)

  1. veins

Mutation

Mutation of gwythi
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
gwythi wythi unchanged kwythi hwythi wythi

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

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1123”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1123

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Plural of earlier gŵyth f, from Proto-Celtic *wēt(t)ā (“swamp, stream”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to wither”).

Noun

gwythi f (collective, singulative gwythïen)

  1. (archaic) veins
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

gwythi m pl

  1. plural of gŵyth

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwythi
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwythi wythi ngwythi unchanged

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

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwythi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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