melc'hwed

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *melw- (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *meldo- (“pleasant, mild”), *mlido (“soft”), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”); compare Breton melw (“snot”)); akin to Cornish melhwes, Welsh malwod. Also see Gaulish *multon- (“sheep”), which could be related. Cf. also Romanian melc (“snail”).

Noun

melc’hwed f (singulative melc’hwedenn)

  1. snails
  2. slugs

Synonyms
  • (snails): maligorn
  • (slugs): buoc’h lard

Hyponyms
  • melc’hwed krogennek (“snail”)

Mutation
  Mutation of melc'hwed  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehard
singular melc'hwedenn velc'hwedenn unchanged unchanged
plural melc'hwed velc'hwed unchanged unchanged

Further reading
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “meldo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
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