cyff
Welsh (Colloquial)
/kɨːf/, /kiːf/
noun
Definitions
- trunk, stock, stump
- blockhead
- lineage, stock
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Welsh kyff inherited from Proto-Brythonic *kɨf derived from Latin cippus (post, stake, pole, point, peak, pale).
Origin
Latin
cippus
Gloss
post, stake, pole, point, peak, pale
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
岳, 峰
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cippus English
- cippus Latin
- Kippe German
- ceppo Italian
- cep French
- cippe French
- cèpe French
- cepo Spanish, Castilian
- *skāp- Proto-Indo-European
- cepo Portuguese
- ceap Irish
- cep Catalan, Valencian
- cep Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- boncyff Welsh
- bôn Welsh
- kipfa Old High German
- ceap Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- cepa Old Portuguese
- cepo Old Portuguese
- cepp Middle Irish
- *kɨf Proto-Brythonic
- kyff Middle Welsh
- *zippa lng