-oedd

See also: oedd and ödd

Welsh

Etymology

According to Pedersen and Jackson, from both Proto-Celtic *-eyes (the nominative plural of masculine and feminine i-stems, from Proto-Indo-European *-eyes) and Proto-Celtic *-esa (the nominative/accusative plural of neuter s-stems, from Proto-Indo-European *-esh₂); for the development in the latter case compare oedd (“was”) from *esāt (Latin erat).[1][2]

According to Morris-Jones, from both Proto-Celtic *-iyes (the same ending as Pedersen’s *-eyes) and *-iyoi (the nominative plural of masculine yo-stems) when the stress fell on the antepenult.[3]

According to Schrijver, from a Proto-Celtic *-es-ī that arose when certain neuter s-stems became masculine.[4]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-oedd

  1. Pluralisation suffix
    llyfrgell (“library”) → llyfrgelloedd (“libraries”)

Synonyms

Derived terms
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References
  1. Holger Pedersen, Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1913, vol. II, pp. 94–95
  2. Kenneth H. Jackson, Language and History in Early Britain, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 349–50.
  3. John Morris-Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913, pp. 203–205
  4. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 393–99
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