huddygl

Welsh

Etymology

From Brito-Latin hybrid *sūdikul (compare Cornish hudhygel, Breton huzel), from Proto-Celtic *sūdiā (compare Old Irish suide), from Proto-Indo-European *suh₃d-, metathesis of *sh₃ud- (compare English soot).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɨ̞ðɨ̞ɡl/, [ˈhɨ̞ðɨ̞ɡl̩]
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɪðɪɡl/, [ˈhɪðɪɡl̩]

Noun

huddygl m (uncountable)

  1. soot

References
  1. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 124-125
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