malwod
Welsh (Colloquial)
/ˈmalwɔd/
noun
Definitions
- snails
- slugs
Etymology
Inherited from Old Welsh meluet inherited from Proto-Brythonic *melw- (soft) derived from Proto-Celtic *meldo- (pleasant, mild) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (soft, weak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(h₂)moldus
Gloss
soft, weak
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
軟
Emoji
🍦 🔈️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mollis, mollem Latin
- molto Latin
- moltō Latin
- βλαδύς Ancient Greek
- ἀμβλύς Ancient Greek
- *(h₂)moldus Proto-Indo-European
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- *moldъ Proto-Slavic
- melc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- malwota Welsh
- *meldo- Proto-Celtic
- *moltos Proto-Celtic
- *mr̥dúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *moldus Proto-Italic
- melc'hwed Breton
- melhwes Cornish
- *maldas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *melw- Proto-Brythonic
- *multon- Gaulish
- meluet Old Welsh