llwydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh llwyddaw, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlēdeti (to succeed),[1] cognate with Proto-West Germanic *flītan (to strive, fight), conceivably from Proto-Indo-European *pleyd- (to attempt).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

llwydd m (plural llwyddon)[3]

  1. prosperity, success, good fortune

Derived terms

  • llwyddo (to succeed, to prosper)

Mutation

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

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “flēd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 133
  2. Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 521-522
  3. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llwydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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