dryw

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /drɪu̯/, /drɨu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /drɪu̯/

Despite being written with a "y", the vowel here is generally pronounced /ɪ/ in the north as tends to be the case when "y" precedes "w".

Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); see Scottish Gaelic dàir. For similar sense development, compare Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos, “Egyptian plover”) from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).[1][2]

Cognate with Old Irish dreän (“wren”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (modern English wren).

Dryw

dryw m or f by sense (plural drywod)

1. wren, jenny wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)[3]

   Synonyms: dryw bach, chwynnwr, powlin bach, pompen

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• dryw eurben (“goldcrest”)
• hela'r dryw (“hunting the wren”)

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Brythonic *drüw, from Proto-Celtic *druwits, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to see, to know”), hence meaning "tree-knower".

dryw m (plural drywon)

1. druid, seer

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dryw m

1. Soft mutation of tryw.

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