gwiw

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwiw, from Proto-Brythonic *gwiw, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”). Cognate to Old Irish fíu, Sanskrit वसु (vásu, “excellent, good, beneficent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡwɪu̯/
  • Rhymes: -ɪu̯

Adjective

gwiw (feminine singular gwiw, plural gwiwion, equative gwiwed, comparative gwiwach, superlative gwiwaf)

  1. fit, meet, worthy

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwiw
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwiw wiw ngwiw unchanged

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

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