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gwiw.

fit, meet, worthy

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɡwɪu̯/

  1. fit, meet, worthy

  2. useful, availing

  3. excellent, good, fine

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh gwiw, from Proto-Brythonic *gwiw, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“excellent”). Cognate to Old Irish fíu, Sanskrit वसु (vásu, “excellent, good, beneficent”).

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