gwregys

Welsh

Etymology

With metathesis from Old Welsh guecrissou, from Proto-Brythonic *gwö-krissus (“belt”, literally “below-shirt”) (compare Cornish grugys, Breton gouriz), derived from Proto-Celtic *krissus, whence Welsh crys (“shirt”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡwrɛɡɨ̞s/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡwreːɡɪs/, /ˈɡwrɛɡɪs/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡreːɡɪs/, /ˈɡrɛɡɪs/

Noun

gwregys m (plural gwregysau)

  1. (clothing) belt, girdle
  2. (geography) belt, area, region, zone

Derived terms
  • Gwregys Llaethol (“Milky Way”)
  • Gwregys Mawr (“Great Belt”)
  • gwregys nofio (“life belt”)
  • gwregys y môr (“sea-belt”)

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

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwregys”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
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