pedol

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pedol, perhaps borrowed from Latin pedālis (“of the foot”).[1] The presence of d rather than /ð/ dd suggests it would have been a learned borrowing into Middle Welsh, not an early borrowing into Proto-Brythonic.

Pronunciation

Noun

pedol f (plural pedolau)

  1. horseshoe
  2. U- (used to describe U-shaped things)

Derived terms

  • pedol cannwyll (“candelabra”)
  • pedolffurf (“U-shaped”)
  • pedoli (“to shoe (a horse)”)
  • pedolwr (“shoer (of horses)”)
  • pys y bedol (“horseshoe vetch”)
  • tro pedol (“U turn; U bend”)
  • u bedol (“(the letter) U”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pedol
radical soft nasal aspirate
pedol bedol mhedol phedol

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

References

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