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Welsh
Etymology
Related to medd (“authority, rule”) and meddu (“to possess”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure; give advice”).[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-fedd f (plural -feddi)
- forming nouns denoting lengths or units of length, -length
- mawd (“thumb”) + -fedd → modfedd (“inch”)
- ewin (“fingernail”) + -fedd → ewinfedd (“fingernail's breadth; a tiny amount”)
- ton (“wave”) + -fedd → tonfedd (“wavelength”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies