Where does “bathva” come from?

bathva (Cornish) comes from Cornish bath, from English Bath, from Middle English baþ, from Old English bæþ, from Proto-West Germanic baþ, from Proto-Germanic baþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- — to foment; warm; bathe.

bathva (Cornish): mint building where coins are produced

Definitions

  1. mint building where coins are produced

Ancestry of “bathva”, step by step

bathva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish bath

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishbathcoin
2EnglishBathAn English marquisate
3Middle EnglishbaþAlternative form of bath
4Old Englishbæþbath; baptismal font
5Proto-West Germanicbaþbath
6Proto-Germanicbaþąbath
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe

via Cornish va

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishvahe
2Cornishevhe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- →
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