English
mamgu
Mamgu comes from Welsh mam-gu ‘grandmother’.
- Welshc. 1500–presentmam-gu‘grandmother’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007mamgu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Welshc. 1500–presentmam-gu‘grandmother’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007mamgu
Earliest quotation: 2007, Aneurin Gareth Thomas, Luggage from Elsewhere: “And brightly dressed mamgus sipping from a flask of…”
Every English word from Welsh mam-gu
Today it means
noun A grandmother.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Welsh mam-gu / mamgu