From Proto-Brythonic *gwɨðbuɨll, from Proto-Celtic *widukʷēslā (literally “wood intelligence”). By surface analysis, gwydh (“trees”) + poll (“intelligence, reason”). Compare Breton gwezboell, Welsh gwyddbwyll and also Irish ficheall, Scottish Gaelic fidhcheall, Manx feeal.
gwydhbol m
unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
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gwydhbol | wydhbol | unchanged | kwydhbol | hwydhbol | wydhbol |
Chess pieces in Cornish · darnow gwydhbol (layout · text) | |||||
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myghtern | myghternes | kastel | epskop | marghek | gwerinor |