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caseg

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kanxstikā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱonḱ-, *ḱonk- (“horse”); compare Dutch hengst (“stallion”), Lithuanian šankùs (“nimble”), Persian خنگ (xeng, “gray horse”).[1] Matasović also compares this word to Proto-Celtic *kengeti (“to step”).[2]

Noun

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caseg f (plural cesig, masculine march)

  1. mare
  2. hackle, hatchel
    Synonyms: heislan, heisyllt

Hypernyms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of caseg
radical soft nasal aspirate
caseg gaseg nghaseg chaseg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “caseg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “keng-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
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