iaith

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ieith, from Proto-Brythonic *jeiθ, from Proto-Celtic *yaxtī (compare Breton yezh (“language”), Cornish yeth (“language”), Irish icht (“tribe, people”)[1]), from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (compare Latin jocus (“joke”), Old High German jehan (“to admit, to confess”), Tocharian A yask (“to demand, to beg”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jai̯θ/
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Noun

iaith f (plural ieithoedd)

  1. language

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
iaith unchanged unchanged hiaith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
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