Llydaw

From Old Welsh Litau, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨdaw, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitawī (“continent, country”), related to *ɸlitanos (“broad”) (whence llydan). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pər^əθβī) and Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī).

The semantic shift is “continent” → “mainland Europe” → “areas in mainland Europe where Britons live” → “Brittany”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɬədau̯/
• Rhymes: -ədau̯

Llydaw f

1. Brittany (a cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)

   Mae Llydaw yn Ffrainc.

   Brittany is in France.

2. Brittany (an administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany)

• Llydaweg (“Breton language”)
• Llydawes (“Breton woman”)
• Llydäwr (“Breton man”)
• Llydewig, Llydawaidd (“Breton”, adjective)
• peiswellt Llydaw (“Breton fescue”)