Where does “bleynyell” come from?

bleynyell (Cornish) comes from Cornish bleynya, from Cornish ya.

bleynyell (Cornish): sharpener

Definitions

  1. sharpener

Ancestry of “bleynyell”, step by step

bleynyell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish bleynya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishbleynyato sharpen
2Cornishya

via Cornish ell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishell
Every word from Cornish ya
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