neithiwr

Welsh

Alternative forms

• neithiwyr (archaic)

Etymology

Earlier neithiwyr, from Proto-Celtic *noxt-yēr-, a derivative of *noxs (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Compare Breton neizheur and Cornish nyhewer.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnei̯θjʊr/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈnei̯θjʊr/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈnei̯θʊr/, /ˈniːθʊr/
• Rhymes: -ei̯θjʊr

Adverb

neithiwr

1. last night, yesterday evening

Related terms

• echnos (“the night before last”)