gwiw

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh gwiw, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”). Cognate to Old Irish fíu, Sanskrit वसु (vásu, “excellent, good, beneficent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -ɪu̯

Adjective

gwiw (feminine singular gwiw, plural gwiwion, equative gwiwed, comparative gwiwach, superlative gwiwaf)

1. fit, meet, worthy

Mutation

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