cwd

Abbreviation of English Cree, Woods.

cwd

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Woods Cree.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Woods Cree terms

If not borrowed from Latin cutis (“skin”), cwd is the sole surviving Celtic reflex (via Proto-Brythonic *kud, from Proto-Celtic *kutis) of Proto-Indo-European *kuH-ti-, which is composed of the root *kew(H)- (zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”)) +‎ *-tis (a deverbal abstract noun suffix). In addition to Latin cutis, cognate with Lithuanian kutỹs (“purse”), Old English hȳd (modern English hide (noun)).

• IPA^(key): /kuːd/

cwd m (plural cydau, diminutive cwdyn or cydyn)

1. pouch, bag, poke
2. purse
3. (anatomy) scrotum, cod; any bag-like cavity or organ in body, sac

• ceillgwd, tancwd (“scrotum”)
• cydaid (“bagful”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cwd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cwd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies