Where does “brastir” come from?

brastir (Cornish) comes from Cornish bras, from Welsh bras, from Proto-Celtic brassos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷrod-to-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷred-.

brastir (Cornish): continent

Definitions

  1. continent

Ancestry of “brastir”, step by step

brastir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish bras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishbrasbig, great
2Welshbraslarge, thick, fat
3Proto-Celticbrassosgreat, violent
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷrod-to-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷred-—

via Cornish tir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishtirland, earth
2Old Cornishtirearth, land
3Proto-Celtictīrosdry land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “brastir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷred- →