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Japanese
Romanization
go-
- Rōmaji transcription of ご
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *uɸo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upo.[1] Cognate with Cornish go-, Old Irish fo, Scottish Gaelic fo.
Pronunciation
Prefix
go-
- under
- rather, somewhat, partly, next to
- go- + llosg (“burning”) → golosg (“charcoal”)
- go- + pen (“head”) + -ydd → gobennydd (“pillow”)
- go- + tŷ (“house”) → gody (“outhouse”)
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
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “go-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies