gwyllt
Welsh (Colloquial)
/ɡwɨːɬd/, /ɡwɪɬd/
adj
Definitions
- wild, untamed
- unruly
- furious, raging
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Welsh gwyllt inherited from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨlt (wild) inherited from Proto-Celtic *gʷeltis (wild) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰel-t-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰel-t-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gelt English
- nonwild English
- rewild English
- semiwild English
- unwild English
- wild English
- wild cat English
- wild man English
- wildberry English
- wildcard English
- wildcat English
- wildcraft English
- wilden English
- wildfire English
- wildflower English
- wildfowl English
- wilding English
- wildish English
- wildland English
- wildlife English
- wildling English
- wildly English
- wildmeat English
- wildness English
- wildposting English
- wildsome English
- wildstyle English
- wildwood English
- *gʷʰel-t- Proto-Indo-European
- *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- *wilþijaz Proto-Germanic
- *wilþijazą Proto-Germanic
- wilde Old English
- wild Middle English
- geilt Irish
- villr Old Norse
- diwylliannol Welsh
- diwylliant Welsh
- diwyllio Welsh
- gwenyn Welsh
- gwenyn gwyllt Welsh
- gwylltineb Welsh
- tân Welsh
- tân gwyllt Welsh
- wildi Old High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *wilþī gmw-pro
- *wildi Old Dutch
- wildi Old Dutch
- *gʷeltis Proto-Celtic
- wildi Old Saxon
- geilt Middle Irish
- wilde Old Frisian
- welman Tok Pisin
- welpik Tok Pisin
- *gwɨlt Proto-Brythonic
- gwyllt Middle Welsh