deddf

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dedmi-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-dʰmó-s, from *dʰeh₁- (to do, put, place). Cognate with Ancient Greek θεσμός (thesmós, law, ordinance).[1][2]

Noun

deddf f (plural deddfau)

  1. act, statute

Derived terms

  • defod (ceremony, ritual; custom)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deddf
radical soft nasal aspirate
deddf ddeddf neddf unchanged

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

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 104 iv 2
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dedmV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 93