achaws

• achos

From Proto-Brythonic *axọs, from Late Latin *accāsiō, from Latin occāsiō, whence also Old Irish accuis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaχau̯s/

achaws m

1. cause, reason
   • 14th century, anonymous author, translated by Charlotte Guest, edited by R. L. Thomson, Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet (Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series; vol. I), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, published 1980, page 5, line 118:

     Ni wydwn achos it heuyt y'm llad i;

     I know not wherefore thou wouldest slay me.

     (literally, “I do not know a reason…”)

• Welsh: achos