selsig

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh selsig, from Old Welsh selsic, from Proto-Brythonic *selsig, a borrowing from Late Latin (farta) salsīcia (sausage), derived from Latin salsus (salty, salted). Doublet of sosej (sausage) and halen (salt). Cognate with Breton silzig, Cornish selsik, and more distantly with English sausage.

Pronunciation

Noun

selsig f (collective, singulative selsigen, not mutable)

  1. sausages
    Synonym: sosejys
    • 2006, Robin McBryde, Y Cymro Cryfa, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 64:
      Bryd hynny, roedd yn rhaid iddo bob tro gael bwyta tun o Ffa Pob a Selsig cwmni Heinz, y bydda fo yn ei gario gydag o yn ei fag.
      At such times, he always had to have to eat a tin of Heinz Baked Beans and Sausages, which he would carry with him in his bag.

Derived terms

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “selsig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies