aelwyd

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English ǣled (whence also Cornish oles, Breton oaled), from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aelwyd f (plural aelwydydd)

  1. hearth, ingle
  2. fireside
  3. home, household

Mutation

Mutated forms of aelwyd
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
aelwyd unchanged unchanged haelwyd

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ailida-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “aelwyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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