Eifft

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ėɣɨft, borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”).

Noun

yr Eifft f

  1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Descendants

  • Welsh: yr Aifft (“Egypt”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eifft
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Eifft unchanged unchanged Heifft

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

References

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