cromlech
Welsh (Colloquial)
/ˈkrɔmlɛχ/
noun
Definitions
- cromlech Welsh dolmen or underground tomb
Etymology
Compound from Welsh crom (bowed, arched) + Welsh cy (flat stone, will)+ Welsh crwm (curved, bowed, crooked, bent, hooked, convex, crook-backed, stooping)+ Welsh llech (slab, slate)derived from Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (crooked, curved, bent) inherited from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā (stone, flat stone).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*ɸlikkā
Gloss
stone, flat stone
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
石
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leek English
- crome English
- cromlech English
- Licus Latin
- *pl̥keh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *krumpaz Proto-Germanic
- crom Irish
- bocsio Welsh
- crom Welsh
- cromfach Welsh
- crwm Welsh
- cryman Welsh
- crymu Welsh
- cy Welsh
- dangos Welsh
- gwirfoddol Welsh
- gwrthwynebu Welsh
- llech Welsh
- lecc Old Irish
- *ɸlikkā Proto-Celtic
- cromm Middle Irish
- *llex Proto-Brythonic