go-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "go"

Japanese

Romanization

go-

Rōmaji transcription of ご

Welsh

Alternative forms

gwo- (older)
gwe- (with historic i-mutation)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upo.^[1] Cognate with Cornish go-, Old Irish fo, Scottish Gaelic fo.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɔ/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡoː/, /ɡɔ/

Prefix

go-

under
rather, somewhat, partly, next to
‎go- + ‎llosg (“burning”) → ‎golosg (“charcoal”)

‎go- + ‎pen (“head”) + ‎-ydd → ‎gobennydd (“pillow”)

‎go- + ‎tŷ (“house”) → ‎gody (“outhouse”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with go-

Mutation

Mutated forms of *go-*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
go-	o-	ngo-	unchanged

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

References

^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i 16

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “go-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies