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

Mutated forms of llwdn

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llwdn	lwdn	unchanged	unchanged

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

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^[1], Stirling, →ISBN