ysgaw
Welsh
Etymology
From Brythonic, related to Cornish skaw, Middle Breton scau, modern Breton skav, but of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *skātom (“shadow”), which gave the similar Middle Welsh ysgawd (“shade”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈəsɡau̯/, [ˈəskau̯]
Noun
ysgaw pl (singulative ysgawen)
- elder trees
Derived terms
- blodau'r ysgaw (“elderflowers”)
- caws ysgaw (“elder pith”)
- eirin ysgaw (“elderberries”)
- gwin ysgaw (“elderberry wine”)
- ysgawennyn (“small elder tree”)
- ysgaw Mair (“danewort, dwarf elder”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ysgaw | unchanged | unchanged | hysgaw |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “skato”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 340
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ysgaw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ysgaw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies