ewythr

== Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh ewythyr, from Proto-Celtic *awontīr (compare Cornish ewnter, Breton eontr, Old Irish amnair), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂- (“(maternal) grandfather/uncle”) (compare Middle Irish ó, Latin avus (“grandfather”), avunculus (“maternal uncle”), dialectal German Awwe (“grandfather”), Oheim (“uncle”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯.ɨ̞θr/, [ˈɛu̯.ɨ̞θr̩] (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯.ɨ̞rθ/ (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯.ɪθr/, [ˈɛu̯.ɪθr̩] (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯.ɪrθ/ === Noun === ewythr m (plural ewythredd) uncle Synonym: wncl ==== Coordinate terms ==== (gender): anti, bopa, modryb === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ewythr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies