Blue tit or 'Titw Tomos Las' in Welsh

@ThompsonArt I'm trying to parse the Tomos part. Titw = tit, Las = blue, so what's Tomos?

Cute bird pic :)

@GwenfarsGarden Thank you! That's some good translating! Tomos is the Welsh version of Thomas or Tom and a colloquial name for the blue tit is Tom Titmouse which is where I assume the Tomos came from :)

@ThompsonArt I'm still a very beginner with Welsh, so I'm glad I got some right!

I didn't know that about a Blue Tit being called Tom or Thomas. I never came across that when I lived in England, so is it more a Welsh thing?

@GwenfarsGarden Sounds like you're making good progress!

I believe the Welsh name is just a modern translation of the old English name, with Tom just being a popular nickname from the past (like Jack). The Tomtit name is used for several bird species so I assume the blue tit became more popular to distinguish them, but the old name still lives on through Welsh.