berw

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *berw, from Proto-Celtic *berwos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-o-s, from *bʰerw- (“to boil, brew”).[1][2]

Adjective

berw (feminine singular berw, plural berw, not comparable)

  1. boiled, boiling

Noun

berw m (plural berwon)

  1. a boiling
  2. boiled liquid, boiled or stewed food
  3. waterfall
  4. agitation, commotion, bustle
Derived terms
  • ar ferw (“at the boil, on the boil”)
  • ar y berw (“at the boil, on the boil”)
  • berw gwyllt (“uproar, hive of activity”)
  • berwi (“to boil”)
  • dŵr berw (“boiling water”)
  • llygad y berw (“centre of something boiling”)
  • oddi ar y berw (“off the boil”)
  • pwdin berw (“boiled pudding”)
  • sucan berw (“flummery”)

Etymology 2

Alternative form of berwr (“cress”)

Noun

berw f (collective, singulative berwen)

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Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
berw ferw merw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*berwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 63
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “berw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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