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Welsh
Etymology
From Old Welsh cruitr (“winnowing tool”), from Proto-Brythonic *kruɨdr, from Proto-Celtic *kreitros (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.
Pronunciation
Noun
crwydr m (plural crwydrau)
- a wandering, roving, roaming
Derived terms
- crwydrad (“wandering, errant, vagrant, straying”)
- crwydredig (“wandering, vagrant, roving; stray; tramped by vagabonds”)
- crwydro (“to wander, roam, stroll, gad about; to spend to no purpose; to stray, go astray, err, deviate; to digress”)
- crwydrol (“wandering, vagrant, roving, nomadic, migratory; erring”)
- crwydrus (“wandering, vagrant, vagabond, roaming; erring, loose, profligate; poor, needy”)
- crwydrwr (“wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, rover, nomad; one who has erred or gone astray”)
- crwydryn, crwydren (“wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, tramp, straggler”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crwydr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies