gwddf

Etymology
From, whence also 🇨🇬, from the practice of counting captives as "so many necks". *wudwos may be related to 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬 in the sense of "division"), with semantic shift "cutting" > "weapon" > "weapon-spoils" > "spoils" (though these shifts are not straightforward). If so, then the root ultimately goes back to, whence , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The variant is cognate with 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, ), but it is difficult to explain the alternation between -wg, -w, and -f. The oldest form of the word cited in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru is the 🇨🇬 plural form (13th century; = modern ), while the soft mutation forms, , and  are all attested in the 14th century, indicating that the alternation is very old.

Noun

 * 1) neck
 * 2)  throat
 * 1)  throat