deddf

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-dʰmó-s, from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θεσμός (thesmós, “law, ordinance”).[1]

Noun

deddf f (plural deddfau)

  1. act, statute

Derived terms

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

References
  1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 104 iv 2
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