llaw

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Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh lau, from Proto-Brythonic *llọβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (whence Irish lámh (“hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Cognate with English palm, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm; hand”), Latin palma (“palm; hand”).^[1]

Plural is literally dwy law (“two hands”), but is also used to refer to three or more hands.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬaːu̯/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɬau̯/
Rhymes: -au̯

Noun

llaw f (plural dwylo or deulo)

hand

Derived terms

â llaw (“manual, by hand”)
bag llaw (“handbag”)
bys llaw (“finger”)
curo dwylo (“to clap”)
cymryd mewn llaw (“to take in hand”)
deheulaw (“right hand”)
dwylo i fyny, dwylo lan (“hands up”)
gerllaw (“nearby”)
gwaith llaw (“handicraft”)
gwŷdd llaw (“hand loom”)
hen law (“old hand”)
islaw (“beneath”)
llaw chwith (“left hand; left-handed”)
llaw dde (“right hand; right-handed”)
llaw-drin (“to operate”)
llaw-fer (“shorthand”)
llawdriniaeth (“surgery, operation”)
llawfeddyg (“surgeon”)
llawlyfr (“handbook”)
llawredyn (“polypody”)
llawysgrif (“handwriting, manuscript”)
offer llaw (“hand tools”)
rhoi llaw ar yr aradr (“to put one's hand to the plough”)
siglo llaw, ysgwyd llaw (“to shake hands”)
uwchlaw (“above, beyond”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *llaw*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llaw	law	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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