English
Teifi
Teifi comes from Welsh Teifi.
- Welshc. 1500–presentTeifi
- Englishearliest quotation 1952same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Welshc. 1500–presentTeifi
- Englishearliest quotation 1952same form
Earliest quotation: 1952, J. F. Burrell, The Cardigan Branch: “After running through the meadows for about a mile,…”
Every English word from Welsh Teifi
Today it means
name A river in Wales that forms the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, and also with Pembrokeshire for a short distance.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Welsh Teifi / Teifi