Iau
Welsh
Alternative forms
- Iou (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle Welsh Ieu, from Proto-Brythonic *Yow, from Latin Iovem (accusative of Iuppiter), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“sky”). Compare Breton Yaou, Cornish Yow.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /jaɨ̯/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /jai̯/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /jɔi̯/
- Rhymes: -aɨ̯
Derived terms
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| Iau | unchanged | unchanged | Hiau |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
See also
| Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star | yr Haul | |||||||||||||||||
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Mercher | Gwener | y Ddaear | Mawrth | Ceres | Iau | Sadwrn | Wranws | Neifion | Plwton | Eris | |||||||
| Notable moons |
— | — | y Lleuad | Phobos Deimos |
— | Io Ewropa Ganymede Callisto |
Mimas Enceladws Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetws |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Triton | Charon | Dysnomia | |||||||
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