N. gwath² n. “stain” (Category: Dirty, Soiled)

N. gwath², n. “stain” (Category: Dirty, Soiled)

Reference ✧ Ety/WAƷ ✧ gwath “a stain”

Related

• gwath “a stain” coalescing with ᴹ✶wath ✧ Ety/WAƷ

Element In

• N. Iarwath “Blood-stained” ✧ Ety/WAƷ

Derivations

• < ON. watte “a stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
  • < ᴹ✶wahtē “a stain” ✧ Ety/WAƷ
    • < ᴹ√WAƷ “stain, soil” ✧ Ety/WAƷ

Phonetic Developments

ON. watte > gwath

[watte] > [wattʰe] > [waθθe] > [gwaθθe] > [gwaθθ] > [gwaθ]

✧ Ety/WAƷ