ech-
Welsh
Alternative forms
- es-, e-, eh-
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *exs-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”).[1] Cognate with Old Irish ess- (see Irish as), Latin ex-, Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛχ/
Prefix
ech-
- out, ex-
- ech- + plyg (“folded”) → echblyg (“explicit”)
- ech- + torri (“to cut, to break”) → echdorri (“to errupt”)
- ech- + tynnu (“to pull, to draw”) → echdynnu (“to extract”)
- Synonyms: all-, es-
- before
- ech- + doe (“yesterday”) → echdoe (“day before yesterday”)
- ech- + nos (“night”) → echnos (“night before last”)
Derived terms
Welsh terms prefixed with ech-
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ech- | unchanged | unchanged | hech- |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ech-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 96 iii (6)