hufen

See also: Hufen

Welsh

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Celtic *soimeno-, from Proto-Indo-European *soi(kʷ)-meno- (“sweet liquid”), from *seykʷ- (“to moisten; to filter”), and direct cognate with Proto-Germanic *saimaz (“raw honey”), whence Old Norse seimr (“honeycomb”) and German Seim (“syrup”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈhɨ̞vɛn/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhiːvɛn/, /ˈhɪvɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ̞vɛn

Noun

hufen m (uncountable, not mutable)

  1. cream

Derived terms

  • hufen byd (“the best of everything, the lap of luxury”)
  • hufen dwbl (“double cream”)
  • hufen iâ (“ice cream”)
  • hufen sengl (“single cream”)
  • hufen tolch (“clotted cream”)

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hufen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*saima-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422
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