haeddu
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Brythonic *haɣeð, from Proto-Celtic *sagyeti (“to seek out”) + *-iyā. Cognate with Old Irish saigid (“to approach, to reach”) and Latin sagio (“I perceive (quickly)”).[1][2]
Verb
[edit]haeddu (first-person singular present haeddaf, not mutable)
Related terms
[edit]- cyrraedd (“to arrive (at)”)
References
[edit]- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 557
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “haeddu”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies