gwyllt

== Welsh == === Alternative forms === gwyll === Etymology === From Middle Welsh gwyllt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwɨlt (“wild”) (Old Cornish guill, Cornish gwyls (“wild”), Old Breton gueldenes (“untamed island”)), from Proto-Celtic *gʷeltis (“wild”) (Irish geilt (“lunatic”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰel-t-. May be cognate with English wild if Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz is also from *gʷʰel-t- and not, as sometimes proposed, from a *wel- (“hair, wool”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɨːɬd/, [ɡwɨːɬt] (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡwɪɬd/, [ɡwɪɬt] Rhymes: -ɨːɬd === Adjective === gwyllt (feminine singular gwyllt, plural gwylltion, equative gwyllted, comparative gwylltach, superlative gwylltaf) wild, untamed Antonym: dof unruly furious, raging ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gwyllt”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyllt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies