llo

See also: 'llo and LLO

Welsh

Etymology

From misdivision (llo-eau) of plural lloeau, from Middle Welsh lloe, from Proto-Brythonic *llọɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *lāɸigos (compare Cornish leugh, Breton leue, Old Irish lóeg), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump”) (compare English lark (“to frolic”), Lithuanian láigyti (“to run around wildly”)). Alternatively from Proto-Celtic *lāɸigos, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“cattle”) (compare Albanian lopë).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɬoː/
  • Rhymes: -oː

Noun

llo m (plural lloi or lloeau)

  1. calf (young cow)

Derived terms

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