crydd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cryð, by irregular syncope from Proto-Brythonic *kėrɨð, from Proto-Celtic *karɸiyos. Compare Breton kere, Old Irish cairem (“leatherworker”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /krɨːð/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /kriːð/
Rhymes: -ɨːð

Noun

crydd m (plural cryddion)

shoemaker, cobbler

Derived terms

crydda (“to cobble”)
cryddiaeth (“shoemaking”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crydd	grydd	nghrydd	chrydd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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