pedol

Welsh
Pedol

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pedol, perhaps borrowed from Latin pedālis (“of the foot”).[1] The presence of d rather than /ð/ dd suggests it would have been a learned borrowing into Middle Welsh, not an early borrowing into Proto-Brythonic.

Pronunciation

Noun

pedol f (plural pedolau)

  1. horseshoe
  2. U- (used to describe U-shaped things)

Derived terms
  • pedol cannwyll (“candelabra”)
  • pedolffurf (“U-shaped”)
  • pedoli (“to shoe (a horse)”)
  • pedolwr (“shoer (of horses)”)
  • pys y bedol (“horseshoe vetch”)
  • tro pedol (“U turn; U bend”)
  • u bedol (“(the letter) U”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pedol bedol mhedol phedol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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