Where does “*Yow” come from?
*Yow (Brythonic) comes from Latin Iovem, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ancestry of “*Yow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Iovem | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |