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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh hescenn, from Proto-Celtic *sex-skā, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with Cornish hesk, Breton hesk and Irish seisc.
Pronunciation
Noun
hesg f (collective, singulative hesgen, not mutable)
- sedges, rushes.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hesg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies