llyg.
shrew (Soricidae spp.)
Meaning & usage
shrew (Soricidae spp.)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Welsh llyg, from Proto-Brythonic *llug, from Proto-Celtic *lukūts. Doublet of llygod (“mice”).
cheese mite
Where this word comes from
Probably related to Etymology 1. The word llyg originally meant “mouse” or “small rodent." In later Welsh, the derived form llygoden replaced llyg as the ordinary word for “mouse.” The older form llyg survived only in restricted senses, including “shrew” and llyg caws (“cheese mite”), reflecting a semantic narrowing from “small rodent” to “tiny pest.”
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