gwiw

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwiw, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”). Cognate to Old Irish fíu, Sanskrit वसु (vásu, “excellent, good, beneficent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɪu̯

Adjective

gwiw (feminine singular gwiw, plural gwiwion, equative gwiwed, comparative gwiwach, superlative gwiwaf)

1. fit, meet, worthy

Mutation

Mutated forms of gwiw

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
gwiw	wiw	ngwiw	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.