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Bedd
bedd
bedd
Old English
Alternative forms
Noun
bedd n
Descendants
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *badją (“sleeping-place”).
Noun
bedd n
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Saterland Frisian: Bääd
- West Frisian: bêd
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh bedd, from Proto-Celtic *bedo- ("grave, ditch"). Cognate with Cornish beth, with Celtiberian (arkato-)bezom (plausibly interpreted as "silver mine") and with Proto-Germanic *badją ("plot, grave, resting-place, bed”) and with other indo-european languages.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːð/
Noun
bedd m (plural beddau)
Derived terms
- carreg fedd (“gravestone”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bedd | fedd | medd | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |