Etymology Explorer › Cornish

Where does “broweghyas” come from?

broweghyas (Cornish) comes from Cornish broweghi, from Cornish i, from English eyes, from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

broweghyas (Cornish): male terrorist

Definitions

  1. male terrorist

Ancestry of “broweghyas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishbroweghiterrorise
2Cornishithey
3Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →