Where does “Breten Veur” come from?

Breten Veur (Cornish) comes from Cornish meur, from Proto-Brythonic mọr, from Proto-Celtic mori, from Proto-Indo-European móri, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

Breten Veur (Cornish): Great Britain

Definitions

  1. Great Britain

Ancestry of “Breten Veur”, step by step

Breten Veur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish meur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishmeurgreat
2Proto-Brythonicmọrgreat, large
3Proto-Celticmorisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via Cornish Breten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CornishBreten—
2Proto-BrythonicPritanī—
3Proto-Celtic*Kʷritanī—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →