-fedd

Welsh

Etymology

Related to medd (“authority, rule”) and meddu (“to possess”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure; give advice”).[1]

Pronunciation

(North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /vɛð/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /vað/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /vɛð/

Suffix

-fedd f (plural -feddi)

forming nouns denoting lengths or units of length, -length
‎mawd (“thumb”) + ‎-fedd → ‎modfedd (“inch”)

‎ewin (“fingernail”) + ‎-fedd → ‎ewinfedd (“fingernail's breadth; a tiny amount”)

‎ton (“wave”) + ‎-fedd → ‎tonfedd (“wavelength”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms suffixed with -fedd

References

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

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