angheu

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ankus, from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”); see also Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Latin nex (“violent death”), noxius (“harmful”), noceō (“I hurt, harm”), Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus, “corpse”), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-nathayatiy, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (nasiieiti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎‎ (nasu, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ̊eʉ̯/

Noun

angheu m

death

Derived terms

agheuawl (“mortal, fatal, deadly”)

Descendants

Welsh: angau

Mutation

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical	Soft	Nasal	H-prothesis
angheu	unchanged	unchanged	hangheu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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