ŵyr

See also: wyr, wŷr, Ŵyr, and -wyr

Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

ŵyr

  1. Soft mutation of gŵyr.

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

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh wyr, from Proto-Brythonic *uwer, from Proto-Celtic *ɸuweros, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-.[1] Cognate to Latin puer (“child, boy”).

Noun

ŵyr m (plural wyrion, feminine wyres)

  1. grandson, grandchild

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
ŵyr unchanged unchanged hŵyr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “puerile” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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