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deifio

deifio

Welsh

Verb

deifio (stem deifi-)

  1. to scorch, singe
  2. to blast
  3. to blight

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Mutation

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

Etymology

From Middle Welsh deifyaw, from Proto-Celtic *dawiō (compare Cornish dewi, Breton deviñ), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂u- ‎(“kindle, burn”) (compare Tocharian A twās, Ancient Greek δαίω ‎(daíō)).

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