From Middle Welsh gwyrð, from Old Welsh guird, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨrð, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis (“green”).
gwyrdd (feminine singular gwerdd, plural gwyrddion, equative gwyrdded, comparative gwyrddach, superlative gwyrddaf)
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gwyrdd | wyrdd | ngwyrdd | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
gwyn | llwyd | du |
coch; rhudd | oren, melyngoch; brown | melyn; melynwyn |
melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas |
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo | majenta; porffor | pinc, rhuddwyn |