Where does “aval dor brewys” come from?

aval dor brewys (Cornish) comes from Cornish aval dor, from French pomme de terre, from German Erdapfel, from German Erde, from Middle High German erde, from Old High German erda, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō — earth.

aval dor brewys (Cornish): mashed potato

Definitions

  1. mashed potato

Ancestry of “aval dor brewys”, step by step

aval dor brewys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish aval dor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishaval dorpotato
2Frenchpomme de terrepotato
3GermanErdapfelpotato
4GermanErdesoil; the ground; a world; a space to live in
5Middle High Germanerdeearth
6Old High GermanerdaThe Earth; earth, ground, soil
7Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
8Proto-Germanicerþōearth
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Cornish brewys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishbrewysmashed
2Cornishbrewito bruise
3Cornishithey
4Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →