llyw.
rudder, tiller
Meaning & usage
rudder, tiller
steering wheel, driving wheel
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Welsh liu, from Proto-Brythonic *llüw, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlowī (“rudder”) (compare Old Irish luí), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλόος (plóos, “sailing”), English float.
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