derw

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *dar, from Proto-Celtic *daru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru; compare Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛru/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːru/, /ˈdɛru/

Noun

derw f (collective, singulative derwen)

1. oaks

   Synonym: deri

Derived terms

• afal (y) derw (“oak apple”)
• bachadain y derw (“oak hook-tip moth”)
• barfau'r derw (“tree liverwort”)
• bloneg (y) derw (“oak sap”)
• callod y derw, clustiau'r derw (“lungwort”)
• delor y derw (“green woodpecker”)
• llawredyn y derw, marchredyn y derw, rhedyn y derw (“common polypody”)
• llygoden y derw (“titmouse”)
• madarch y derw (“tree fungus”)

 

Related terms

• derwydd (“druid”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
derw	dderw	nerw	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.