cnoi

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cnoi, cny, from Proto-Celtic *knāyeti (“to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂-.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knɔi̯/
  • Rhymes: -ɔi̯

Verb

cnoi (first-person singular present cnoaf)

  1. to bite
    Cnoiodd y ci y ddynes.
    The dog bit the woman.
    Synonym: brathu
  2. to chew
  3. to worry

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cnoi gnoi nghnoi chnoi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “kna-yo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 211
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