llaw

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh lau, from Proto-Brythonic *llọβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (whence Irish lámh (“hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Cognate with English palm, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm; hand”), Latin palma (“palm; hand”).[1]

Plural is literally dwy law (“two hands”), but is also used to refer to three or more hands.

Pronunciation

Noun

llaw f (plural dwylo or deulo)

  1. hand

Derived terms
  • â llaw (“manual, by hand”)
  • bag llaw (“handbag”)
  • bys llaw (“finger”)
  • curo dwylo (“to clap”)
  • dwylo i fyny, dwylo lan (“hands up”)
  • gerllaw (“nearby”)
  • gwaith llaw (“handicraft”)
  • gwŷdd llaw (“hand loom”)
  • hen law (“old hand”)
  • islaw (“beneath”)
  • llaw chwith (“left hand; left-handed”)
  • llaw dde (“right hand; right-handed”)
  • llaw-drin (“to operate”)
  • llaw-fer (“shorthand”)
  • llawdriniaeth (“surgery, operation”)
  • llawfeddyg (“surgeon”)
  • llawlyfr (“handbook”)
  • llawredyn (“polypody”)
  • llawysgrif (“handwriting, manuscript”)
  • offer llaw (“hand tools”)
  • rhoi llaw ar yr aradr (“to put one's hand to the plough”)
  • siglo llaw, ysgwyd llaw (“to shake hands”)
  • uwchlaw (“above, beyond”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llaw law unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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