Can you name the English words which come from Welsh? by samcash13593

Meaning of word	English Word	Original Welsh Word
A group of aquatic, flightless birds living in the southern hemisphere		Pen Gwyn meaning white head
A Welsh festival of literature, music and performance.		Eisteddfod meaning alternative
Male Parental figure		Tad meaning father
A small herding dog originating in Wales.		Cor gi meaning dwarf dog
A soft woven fabric commonly used to make plaid clothing.		Gwlanen meaning flannel wool
A small, lightweight boat.		Corwgl meaning coracle

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English words which come from Welsh Quiz

by samcash13593

Created Jun 9, 2011 in Language
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	samcash13593:	Jun 10th, 2011 at 02:06 GMT	1 point
	There aren't many words, so it's a short little quiz, but it's nice to see Wales' effect on English, which is small, but it's there.

	Tahnan:	Jun 10th, 2011 at 03:38 GMT	1 point
	Oddly, "dad" is listed on that Wikipedia page as a word that does not, in fact, come from Welsh. Neither "onion" nor "cotton" is on that page, and Merriam-Webster, at least, suggests that they're from Middle French and Middle English, respectively. Why include those three?

	samcash13593:	Jun 11th, 2011 at 02:23 GMT	2 points
	I'll take out the onion and cotton, but dad is definitely from Welsh. it sure as hell isn't from the german Vater, the french père or the latin Pater, especially when you consider Tad mutates to Dad sometimes.

	KaiserMacCleg:	Aug 13th, 2011 at 22:01 GMT	1 point
	Dad everywhere just comes from Indo-european. German vater is quite obviously linked to English dad. Why would the modern English be a borrowing from Welsh when it could just as easily have developed from Anglo-saxon? It's not as if dads were a concept unfamiliar to the English before coming into contact with us britons. Coombe seems like a rather obvious one to add to the quiz too.

	samcash13593:	Aug 14th, 2011 at 16:41 GMT	1 point
	i don't see how the german vater is "obviously" linked to the english dad. the german vater is obviously linked to the english word father, but father and dad are not the same word. they are synonymous, but they must both have etymological origins.