skoodh

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish scuid, from Proto-Brythonic *skuɨð, from Proto-Celtic *skēdos, cognate with Welsh ysgwydd (“shoulder”), Breton skoaz (“shoulder”), and Old Irish scíath (“wing”)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [skoːð]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [skuːð]

Noun

skoodh f (dual diwskodh, plural skodhow)

  1. shoulder

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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