alarch

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *alarkos, from Proto-Celtic *eli- (compare Irish eala (“swan”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (compare Latin olor (“swan”), English auk, Old Swedish ala, alla (“long-tailed duck”), Hittite [script needed] (alilas)).

Pronunciation

Noun

alarch m (plural elyrch)

  1. swan

Derived terms
  • alarch Bewick
  • alarch dof
  • alarch y gogledd

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