ewythr
Welsh (Colloquial)
/ˈɛu̯.ɨ̞θr/, /ˈɛu̯.ɨ̞rθ/, /ˈɛu̯.ɪθr/, /ˈɛu̯.ɪrθ/
noun
Definitions
- uncle
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Welsh ewythyr inherited from Proto-Celtic *awontīr inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father, descendant, maternal grandfather uncle, relative).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂éwh₂os
Gloss
grandfather, maternal uncle, maternal grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father, descendant, maternal grandfather uncle, relative
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
爺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- avital English
- avuncular English
- avunculicide English
- uncle English
- (av)unclus Latin
- *(av)unclus Latin
- *aunclum Latin
- *aviolus Latin
- *avoilu- Latin
- *unclus Latin
- avitus Latin
- avunculus Latin
- avus Latin
- proavus Latin
- tritavus Latin
- Onkel German
- avo Italian
- avunculaire French
- aïeul French
- oncle French
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂euh₂-n-tlo Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ewh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwh₂os Proto-Indo-European
- onkel Norwegian Bokmål
- *awahaimaz Proto-Germanic
- *awǭ Proto-Germanic
- onkel Norwegian Nynorsk
- aiol Old French
- oncle Old French
- avo Esperanto
- avi Catalan, Valencian
- auș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- unchi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Nimravidae Translingual
- amnair Old Irish
- áu Old Irish
- úa Old Irish
- veih Manx
- voish Manx
- ungj Albanian
- *awontro Proto-Celtic
- *awontīr Proto-Celtic
- aush Aromanian
- von Friulian
- avynas Lithuanian
- ó Middle Irish
- eontr Breton
- āwe Tocharian B
- ewythyr Middle Welsh
- 𒄷𒄴𒄩𒀸 Hittite
- awis Old Prussian