-fedd
Welsh
Etymology
Related to medd (“authority, rule”) and meddu (“to possess”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure; give advice”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /vɛð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /vað/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /vɛð/
Suffix
-fedd f (plural -feddi)
- forming nouns denoting lengths or units of length, -length
- mawd (“thumb”) + -fedd → modfedd (“inch”)
- ewin (“fingernail”) + -fedd → ewinfedd (“fingernail's breadth; a tiny amount”)
- ton (“wave”) + -fedd → tonfedd (“wavelength”)
Derived terms
Welsh terms suffixed with -fedd
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “meddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies