tref
Welsh (Colloquial)
/treːv/, /treː/
noun
Definitions
- town
- home
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (town, settlement) inherited from Proto-Celtic *trebā (house, settlement) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (settlement, dwelling, room, wooden beam).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*treb-
Gloss
settlement, dwelling, room, wooden beam
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
室, 房
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- artesian English
- taberna Latin
- trabem Latin
- trabs Latin
- puits artésien French
- troupe French
- *trab- Proto-Indo-European
- *treb- Proto-Indo-European
- *þurpą Proto-Germanic
- Drægtūn Old English
- baintreach Irish
- trobo Galician
- adref Welsh
- athref Welsh
- cartref Welsh
- cytref Welsh
- câr Welsh
- ethrefig Welsh
- gordd Welsh
- hen Welsh
- hendref Welsh
- hendrefa Welsh
- maes Welsh
- maestref Welsh
- pen Welsh
- pentref Welsh
- taeog Welsh
- taeogtref Welsh
- trefgordd Welsh
- trefi Welsh
- trefol Welsh
- trefydd Welsh
- treb Old Irish
- trevë Albanian
- *ad-treb-a-t-es Proto-Celtic
- *ad-treb-a-t-es, *attrebass Proto-Celtic
- *attrebā Proto-Celtic
- *trebā Proto-Celtic
- baintrebthach Middle Irish
- *aθreβ Proto-Brythonic
- *treβ Proto-Brythonic
- taiauctref Middle Welsh