Where does “artweyth” come from?

artweyth (Cornish) comes from Cornish art, from English Art, from Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, from Latin ars, from Proto-Italic artis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂értis — to fit, to fix, to put together.

artweyth (Cornish): artwork

Definitions

  1. artwork

Ancestry of “artweyth”, step by step

artweyth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish art

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishartart
2EnglishArtThe conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium
3Middle EnglishartSecond-person singular present indicative form of...
4Old Frenchartart (skill; practice; method)
5Latinartemaccusative singular of ars; first-person singular...
6Latinarsart; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power
7Proto-Italicartis
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értisfitting
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Cornish gweyth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishgweythinstance
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-