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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Old Loegrish ''merch'', ''merȝ'' < Proto-Brythonic *''merx'' < Proto-Celtic *''merkā''. Confer Welsh [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merch#Welsh ''merch''], Cornish [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/myrgh#Cornish ''myrgh''], Breton [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merc%27h#Breton ''merc'h | From Old Loegrish ''merch'', ''merȝ'' < Proto-Brythonic *''merx'' < Proto-Celtic *''merkā''. Confer Welsh [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merch#Welsh ''merch''], Cornish [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/myrgh#Cornish ''myrgh''], Breton [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/merc%27h#Breton ''merc'h'']. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
Revision as of 04:39, 18 October 2017
Loegrish
Etymology
From Old Loegrish merch, merȝ < Proto-Brythonic *merx < Proto-Celtic *merkā. Confer Welsh merch, Cornish myrgh, Breton merc'h.
Pronunciation
- (Mercian) IPA: [mɛɾx]
- (Sabhonol, Wessex, Southeast, East Anglian) IPA: [mɛɹx]
Noun
merch f (plural merched)
- daughter
- girl
Coordinate terms
- mam ("mother")
- mab ("boy", "son")
- tad ("father")
Mutation
- mherch (soft mutation)