esgid

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped-skuH-t-, from *ped- (“foot”) + *(s)kewH- (“to cover”); the former component is cognate with English foot, and the latter with Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos, “skin, hide”).[1] Direct cognate with Cornish eskis (“shoe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛsɡɪd/, [ˈɛskɪd]
  • Homophone: esgud (“swift, nimble”) (South Wales)

Noun

esgid f (plural esgidiau)

  1. shoe
    Mi gaeth o esgidiau rhedeg newydd cyn y ras.
    He got new running shoes before the race.
  2. boot

Derived terms

  • esgid Fair (“lady's slipper orchid”)
  • esgid ymarfer

Mutation

Mutated forms of esgid
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
esgid unchanged unchanged hesgid

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

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “esgid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. ^ George Sherman Lane (1931) “Words for Clothing in the Principal Indo-European Languages”, in Language‎[1], volume 7, number 3, Linguistic Society of America, →DOI, page 35 of 3‒44
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