llwydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llwyddaw, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlēdeti (“to succeed”),[1] cognate with Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive, fight”), conceivably from Proto-Indo-European *pleyd- (“to attempt”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

llwydd m (plural llwyddon)[3]

  1. prosperity, success, good fortune

Derived terms

  • llwyddo (“to succeed, to prosper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of llwydd
radical soft nasal aspirate
llwydd lwydd unchanged unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “flēd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 133
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 521-522
  3. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llwydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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