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> “damcaniaeth dwysedd ffwythianolion” Each of those three words was already a Welsh word - clearly Welsh already has words meaning “density”, “function”, and
by jl6 3y ago
> “damcaniaeth dwysedd ffwythianolion”
Each of those three words was already a Welsh word - clearly Welsh already has words meaning “density”, “function”, and “theory” - so it seems the innovation is combining them in a new sense rather than making up new words as such.
- kitd 3y agoIndeed, and in a typically Welsh order, which puts the noun "damcaniaeth" (= "theory") first, followed by the adjectives. I think the innovation is in finding the appropriate Welsh words to represent the concepts involved. I'd imagine that would be easy in many cases, but there may be other scenarios where several words could be used to mean the same concept, and the work is in choosing the most appropriate. I mean, it happens in software jargon too: most of us have had to name objects <XYZ>Manager/Handler/Executor/Service/etc.