aelwyd

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English ǣled (whence also Cornish oles, Breton oaled), from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aelwyd f (plural aelwydydd)

  1. hearth, ingle
  2. fireside
  3. home, household

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

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ailida-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11

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