crëyr

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Welsh

crëyr glas

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh crehyr, from Proto-Brythonic *krexVr (compare Middle Breton querhair), from or related to Proto-Celtic *korxsā (compare Irish corr), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”).

Related to Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (compare Dutch reiger, German Reiher).

Pronunciation

Noun

crëyr m (plural crehyrod)

  1. heron, egret (a long-legged, long-necked wading bird of the family Ardeidae)
    Synonym: crychydd

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
crëyr grëyr nghrëyr chrëyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Peter Schrijver, “Animal, vegetable and mineral: some Western European substratum words”, Sound Law and Analogy: Papers in Honor of Robert S.P. Beekes on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday, ed. Alexander Lubotsky (Amsterdam–Atlanta: Rodopi, 1997), 297-303.
  2. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crëyr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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