crefydd

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh creuyð, from Proto-Brythonic *krọβ(ɨð) (with vowel altered after unrelated credu), from Proto-Celtic *krāb- (“devotion, religious practice”), of unknown origin (compare Old Irish crábud from the variant *krāb-V-tos). Pokorny compares Sanskrit श्रम्भते (śrambhate, “to trust”) and constructs a Proto-Indo-European *ḱrebʰ- (“to trust”), but Matasovic calls this "formally extremely difficult" due to the lengthened grade in Celtic.

Pronunciation

Noun

crefydd f (plural crefyddau)

  1. religion

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crefydd grefydd nghrefydd chrefydd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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