byw
Welsh (Colloquial)
/bɪu̯/, /bɪu̯/
adj
Definitions
- alive, living, having life, animate, quick, existing, actual
- lively, full of life, vivacious, vigorous, sprightly, spirited, eager, sparkling; vivid, graphic, susceptible to
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *bɨw inherited from Proto-Celtic *biwos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷih₃wós
Gloss
alive
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- overquick English
- quick English
- quick bread English
- quick-freeze English
- quick-sighted English
- quick-witted English
- quickbeam English
- quickdraw English
- quicken English
- quickhatch English
- quickie English
- quickish English
- quicklike English
- quicklime English
- quickly English
- quickness English
- quickplay English
- quicksand English
- quicksave English
- quickscope English
- quickselect English
- quicksighted English
- quicksilver English
- quicksmart English
- quicksome English
- quicksort English
- quickstart English
- quickstep English
- quickwater English
- quickwitted English
- quickwork English
- quicky English
- superquick English
- ultraquick English
- unquick English
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- cwic Old English
- cwicbeam Old English
- cwician Old English
- cwicseolfor Old English
- cwictreow Old English
- edcwic Old English
- healfcwic Old English
- samcwic Old English
- quik Middle English
- beo Irish
- beo-phéintéireacht Irish
- beobhreitheacht Irish
- beocht Irish
- beoghníomhaíocht Irish
- beoigh Irish
- beoshúileach Irish
- díbheo Irish
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- bywiog Welsh
- quik Ido
- béo Old Irish
- béoigidir Old Irish
- beò Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bio Manx
- *kwik(k)w gmw-pro
- *biwos Proto-Celtic
- *biwotūts Proto-Celtic
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- kwik Tok Pisin
- bevañ Breton
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *bɨw Proto-Brythonic
- 𐎪𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- *gīˀwás bat-pro