wy
Welsh (Colloquial)
/uːɨ̯/, /ʊi̯/, /wiː/
noun
Definitions
- egg
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Welsh wy inherited from Old Welsh ui inherited from Proto-Celtic *āwyom inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ōwyóm
Gloss
egg
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
卵
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ovulum Latin
- ōva Latin
- ōvum Latin
- τὰ ᾠά Ancient Greek
- *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ajją Proto-Germanic
- *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *aje, ȃje, *(j)aje Proto-Slavic
- *ajьce Proto-Slavic
- wyau Welsh
- ձու Old Armenian
- ve Albanian
- *āuyom Proto-Celtic
- *āwyom Proto-Celtic
- *Hāwyám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ōwom Proto-Italic
- vi Breton
- oy Cornish
- oyow Cornish
- *ōyyón Proto-Hellenic
- wy Middle Welsh
- ui Old Welsh