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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *exs-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”).[1] Cognate with Old Irish ess- (see Irish as), Latin ex-, Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-).[2]
Originally es- was the form before plosives and ech- before vowels, but the latter has spread by analogy.[3]
Pronunciation
Prefix
ech-
- out, ex-
- Synonyms: all-, es-
- ech- + plyg (“folded”) → echblyg (“explicit”)
- ech- + torri (“to cut, to break”) → echdorri (“to errupt”)
- ech- + tynnu (“to pull, to draw”) → echdynnu (“to extract”)
- before
- ech- + doe (“yesterday”) → echdoe (“day before yesterday”)
- ech- + nos (“night”) → echnos (“night before last”)
Derived terms
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), “ech-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 96 iii (6)
- ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 15