esgid

Welsh

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped-*skuH-t- [see Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos)].[1] Cognate with Cornish eskit/eskys.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛsɡɪd/, [ˈɛskɪd]

Noun

esgid f (plural esgidiau)

  1. shoe
    Mi gaeth o esgidiau rhedeg newydd cyn y ras.
    He got new running shoes before the race.
  2. boot

Derived terms
  • esgid ymarfer

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
esgid unchanged unchanged hesgid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. George Sherman Lane (1931), “Words for Clothing in the Principal Indo-European Languages”, in Language‎, volume 7, issue 3, Linguistic Society of America, →DOI, page 35 of 3‒44

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “esgid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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