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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *drus-lyo-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews-lo-, from *dʰrews- (“to break into pieces”), which appears to be related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“dregs, sediment”).[1] Cognate with Cornish dral, Middle Breton druill, and, outside of Celtic, Lithuanian druskà (“salt”); see the Lithuanian for more.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
dryll m (plural drylliau)
- gun, firearm
- Synonyms: gwn, magnel
- broken-off piece, fragment, shard
- Synonyms: darn, talch
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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), “dryll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “druska”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142