llwdn

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lutno- (“(young) animal”) (compare Breton loen (“animal”), Cornish lodn), from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”), ultimately from *peh₂w- (“smallness”), see also Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), English foal, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”)).

Noun

llwdn m (plural llydnod)

  1. the young of an animal (sometimes of a bird): colt, foal, kid, lamb, chick
  2. animal, beast; head (in counting animals)
  3. (figuratively) young man, youth, oaf, dolt

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
llwdn lwdn unchanged 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), “llwdn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “loth”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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