lliw
Welsh (Colloquial)
/ɬɪu̯/
noun
Definitions
- colour
- paint, dye, colouring
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *lliw inherited from Proto-Celtic *līwos (stone) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (bluish, blueish, plum-coloured).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)leh₃y-
Gloss
bluish, blueish, plum-coloured
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- livid English
- lividity English
- lividly English
- lividness English
- livedo Latin
- livens Latin
- liveo Latin
- lividus Latin
- livor Latin
- luridus Latin
- luror Latin
- līvor Latin
- lūridus Latin
- *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European
- *sliwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *slaihǭ Proto-Germanic
- Śliwa Polish
- Śliwka Polish
- gréisclí Irish
- lí Irish
- croen Welsh
- croenliw Welsh
- lliwio Welsh
- lliwydd Welsh
- madfall symudliw Welsh
- mwg Welsh
- mygliw Welsh
- symud Welsh
- symudliw Welsh
- lí Old Irish
- livide Middle French
- *līwos Proto-Celtic
- *sliwēō Proto-Italic
- kigliw Cornish
- liw Cornish
- *lliw Proto-Brythonic