Etymograph

English

taid

Taid comes from Welsh taid ‘grandfather’.

  1. Welshc. 1500–presenttaid1‘grandfather’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015taid1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English taid
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, Lorna Doran, The best places for kids to eat in Wales - as recommended by: “Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams,…”.

Lineage

  1. Welshc. 1500–presenttaidWiktionary, English taid‘grandfather’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015taidWiktionary, English taid. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, Lorna Doran, The best places for kids to eat in Wales - as recommended by: “Then we threw down a gauntlet to the mams,…”

Every English word from Welsh taid

Today it means

noun A grandfather.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “taid”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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