Where does “avleythys” come from?

avleythys (Cornish) comes from Cornish avleythi, from Cornish -i — Verb forming suffix.

avleythys (Cornish): hardened, obdurate, set

Definitions

  1. hardened, obdurate, set

Ancestry of “avleythys”, step by step

avleythys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish avleythi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishavleythito harden, set
2Cornish-iVerb forming suffix

via Cornish ys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishyscorn
Every word from Cornish -i →