bedw

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Pronunciation

Noun

bedw f pl (singulative bedwen)

  1. birches

Derived terms
  • bedw arian (“silver birches”)
  • bedwen Fai (“maypole”)
  • bedwen haf (“maypole”)
  • bedwen Ifan (“maypole”)
  • carn y fedwen (“hoof fungus”)
  • corfedw (“dwarf birches”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
bedw fedw medw unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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