lliw

Welsh

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Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɬɪu̯/
Rhymes: -ɪu̯
Homophone: llyw (South Wales)

Noun

lliw m (plural lliwiau)

colour
paint, dye, colouring

Derived terms

amryliw (“multicoloured”)
arlliw (“shade, hue”)
cochliw (“ruddy”)
cuddliw, ffugliw (“camouflage”)
lliwio (“to colour, to dye”)
lliwiog (“coloured, dyed”)
minlliw (“lipstick”)
rhosliw (“rosy”)
trilliw (“tricolour”)
unlliw (“monochrome”)

Related terms

lliwydd (“painter, dyer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *lliw*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
lliw	liw	unchanged	unchanged

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

References

^ Morris Jones, John (1913), A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 76 ix 1

Further reading

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