allwedd

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *alxweð, by metathesis from Proto-Brythonic *axlweð, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, peg”), with the negative prefix *n̥-. Cognate with Breton alc'hwez, Latin claudo, Polish klucz. === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaɬwɛð/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈaɬwɛð/ (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈaɬwɛθ/ === Noun === allwedd f (plural allweddau or allweddi) (South Wales) key (device designed to open and close a lock) Synonym: agoriad ==== Derived terms ==== allwedd car, allwedd danio (“car key”) allweddair (“keyword”) allweddell (“keyboard”) allweddol (“crucial”) === Mutation === === References ===