From Middle Welsh pysgawd, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨskọd, borrowed from Latin piscātus, past participle of piscor (“to fish”), from piscis (“fish”). Originally a plural counterpart to pysg, from Proto-Brythonic *pɨsk (compare Cornish pysk, Breton pesk), which has however been displaced by the derived singulative pysgodyn.
pysgod m (collective, singulative pysgodyn)
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pysgod | bysgod | mhysgod | physgod |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |