selsig

From Middle Welsh selsig, from Old Welsh selsic, from Proto-Brythonic *selsig, a borrowing from Late Latin (farta) salsīcia (“sausage”), derived from Latin salsus (“salty, salted”). Cognate with Breton silzic, Cornish selsik, and more distantly with English sausage.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlsɪɡ/

selsig f pl (singulative selsigen, not mutable)

1. sausages
   • 2006, Robin McBryde, Y Cymro Cryfa, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 64:

     Bryd hynny, roedd yn rhaid iddo bob tro gael bwyta tun o Ffa Pob a Selsig cwmni Heinz, y bydda fo yn ei gario gydag o yn ei fag.

     At such times, he always had to have to eat a tin of Heinz-company Baked Beans and Sausages, which tin he would carry with him in his bag.