FromMiddle Welshchwetyl, fromProto-Brythonic*hwedl, fromPrimitive Irish*skʷetlan (compareOld Irishscél), fromProto-Celtic*skʷetlom. If the Proto-Celtic word had descended directly into Welsh it would have become*ysbedl rather thanchwedl; the labialisation of the original labiovelar was somehow irregularly lost as the term entered Brythonic.
chwedl f (pluralchwedlau,not mutable)
- story,tale,anecdote,legend
chwedl
- (North Wales) as … says, as … used to say, in the words of
- Synonym:chwadal
- Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006)Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales),→ISBN, page131
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwedl”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
