ewythr
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh ewythyr, from Proto-Celtic *awontīr (compare Cornish ewnter, Breton eontr, Old Irish amnair), from pre-Celtic *h₂euh₂-n-tlo (compare Latin avunculus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”) (compare Middle Irish ó, Latin avus (“grandfather”), dialectal German Awwe (“grandfather”), Ohm (“uncle”)).
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ewythr | unchanged | unchanged | hewythr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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