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ewythr

ewythr

Welsh

Noun

ewythr m (plural ewythredd)

  1. uncle

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ewythr unchanged unchanged hewythr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ewythyr, from Proto-Celtic *awontīr (compare Cornish ewnter, Breton eontr, Old Irish amnair), from pre-Celtic *h₂euh₂-n-tlo (compare Latin avunculus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os ‎(“grandfather”) (compare Middle Irish ó, Latin avus ‎(“grandfather”), dialectal German Awwe ‎(“grandfather”), Ohm ‎(“uncle”)).

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