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Where does “Jennifer” come from?

Jennifer (Cebuano) comes from English Jennifer, from Middle Cornish Gwynnever, from Proto-Brythonic Gwɨnnohuɨβar, from Proto-Brythonic gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “Jennifer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJennifer—
2Middle CornishGwynnever—
3Proto-BrythonicGwɨnnohuɨβar—
4Proto-Brythonicgwɨnnwhite
5Proto-Celticwindoswhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →