Etymology

crwth

C3R1W4T1H4

Today it means: An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing. Full definition →

Middle English crowde ← Welsh crwth ← Proto-Celtic *kruttos
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*kruttos“round thing”
  2. Welsh · derived fromcrwth
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcrowde
  4. English todaycrwth

From earlier crowd, from Middle English crowde, reinforced by and cognate to Welsh crwth; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kruttos (“round thing”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishcrowde all →

crowd

Welshcrwth all →

crowd

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.