crwth

Welsh (Colloquial)

/kruːθ/

noun
Definitions
  • (musical instruments) crwth; fiddle, violin, viol
  • purring of a cat
  • hump, hunch on the back, convexity; hunchback; hunchbacked, rounded, bent, convex
  • anything of round or bulging shape, especially a vessel, basket, box

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *kruttos (round thing) derived from Proto-Indo-European *krū̆t.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krū̆t

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