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Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *haɣeð, from Proto-Celtic *sagyeti (“to seek out”) + *-iyā. Cognate with Old Irish saigid (“to approach, to reach”) and Latin sagio (“I perceive (quickly)”).[1][2]
Verb
haeddu (first-person singular present haeddaf, not mutable)
- to deserve, to merit
References
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 557
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “haeddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies