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hil.

seed, issue, progeny

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/hiːl/
  1. seed, issue, progeny

    feminine · not-mutable
  2. lineage, descent

    feminine · not-mutable
  3. race, ethnicity

    feminine · not-mutable
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *hil, from Proto-Celtic *sīlom (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with Cornish hil (“race”), Irish síol (“seed; race”), Latin sēmen (“seed”), English sow.

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