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cyw

Pronunciation: /kɪu̯/

“cyw” is a Welsh word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. chick, young (bird)
  2. chicken

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cyw, from Proto-Celtic *kuwyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-yó-s, derivative of the root *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be strong”). Compare, in particular, Sanskrit शाव (śāva, “young animal”).

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