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diolch.

thanks

6 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdiː.ɔlχ/colloquial, standard

  1. thanks

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh diolwch, from di- (“from, of”) + iolwch (“grateful praise”), from ioli (“to praise”), from Proto-Brythonic *jọl, from Proto-Celtic *yālos (“prayer, worship”). An alternative etymology connecting it with Old Irish ad·tluchedar (“to give thanks”) (from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- (“to speak”)) is semantically satisfying but phonologically implausible.

intj/ˈdiː.ɔlχ/colloquial, standard/djɔlχ/colloquial/d͡ʒɔlχ/colloquial/d͡ʒɔχ/colloquial

  1. thanks, thank you

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh diolwch, from di- (“from, of”) + iolwch (“grateful praise”), from ioli (“to praise”), from Proto-Brythonic *jọl, from Proto-Celtic *yālos (“prayer, worship”). An alternative etymology connecting it with Old Irish ad·tluchedar (“to give thanks”) (from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- (“to speak”)) is semantically satisfying but phonologically implausible.

verb/ˈdiː.ɔlχ/colloquial, standard

  1. to thank [with i ‘someone’]

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh diolwch, from di- (“from, of”) + iolwch (“grateful praise”), from ioli (“to praise”), from Proto-Brythonic *jọl, from Proto-Celtic *yālos (“prayer, worship”). An alternative etymology connecting it with Old Irish ad·tluchedar (“to give thanks”) (from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- (“to speak”)) is semantically satisfying but phonologically implausible.

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