houad

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton houat, from Proto-Brythonic *swɨad (compare Cornish hos, Welsh hwyad), from Proto-Celtic *(s)awyetos (compare dialectal Irish aoi (“swan”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)h₂wy-etó-s, ultimately from *h₂éwis (“bird”) (compare Latin avis).

Noun

houad m (plural houidi)

1. duck