gwyrdh

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish gwirdh, from Old Cornish guirt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨrð, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin virdis, from Latin viridis (“green”).

Pronunciation
  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɡwɪrð]

Adjective

gwyrdh

  1. (artificial) green
    Synonym: gwer

Mutation
  Mutation of gwyrdh  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
gwyrdh wyrdh unchanged kwyrdh hwyrdh wyrdh

See also
Colors in Cornish · liwyow (layout · text)
     gwynn      loos, glas      du
             rudh; kogh              rudhvelyn; gell, gorm              melyn
                          gwyrdh, glas             
                                       glas
             glasrudh, purpur              majenta; purpur, glasrudh              gwynnrudh, kigliw
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