Llydaw

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh Litau, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨdaw, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitawī (“continent, country”), related to *ɸlitanos (“broad”) (whence llydan). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pərəθβī) and Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī).

The semantic shift is “continent” → “mainland Europe” → “areas in mainland Europe where Britons live” → “Brittany”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɬədau̯/
  • Rhymes: -ədau̯

Proper noun

Llydaw f

  1. Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)
    Mae Llydaw yn Ffrainc.
    Brittany is in France.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
Llydaw Lydaw unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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