gwiw

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwiw, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”). Cognate to Old Irish fíu, Sanskrit वसु (vásu, “excellent, good, beneficent”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡwɪu̯/
  • Rhymes: -ɪu̯

Adjective

gwiw (feminine singular gwiw, plural gwiwion, equative gwiwed, comparative gwiwach, superlative gwiwaf)

  1. fit, meet, worthy

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