berw

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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

Etymology 2

Noun

berw f (collective, singulative berwen)

  1. Alternative form of berwr (“cress”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of berw
radical soft nasal aspirate
berw ferw merw unchanged

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

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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