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gwisg.

dress, apparel, clothing

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡwiːsɡ/North-Wales[ɡwiːsk]North-Wales/ɡwɪsɡ/South-Wales, colloquial, standard[ɡwɪsk]South-Wales, colloquial, standard

  1. dress, apparel, clothing

    feminine

  2. covering, husk

    feminine

  3. amnion

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh gwisc, from Proto-Brythonic *gwesk, from Proto-Celtic *weskā, itself from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, clothe”). Cognate with Latin vestis, English wear, Old Armenian զգեստ (zgest), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹 (wasti), Tocharian B wastsi, and Ancient Greek εἷμα (heîma, “garment”). In Celtic, compare Old Cornish guisc, Breton gwisk.

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