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Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh tywawt.
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Particularly: “By surface analysis, looks a bit like a combination of the root underlying tywyn (“beach; sand dune”) + -od (“nominal suffix, forms nouns having the characteristic of”). Perhaps related to twyn (“hill, dune”) then.”
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Pronunciation
Noun
tywod m (plural tywodydd, diminutive tywodyn)
- sand
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tywod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies