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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)
- 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