dryw.
wren, jenny wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Meaning & usage
wren, jenny wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Welsh dryw. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); see Scottish Gaelic dàir. For similar sense development, compare Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos, “Egyptian plover”) from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”). Cognate with Old Irish dreän (“wren”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (modern English wren).
druid, seer
Where this word comes from
From Middle Welsh dryw, from Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to see, to know”), hence meaning "tree-knower".
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