Where does “dallhe” come from?

dallhe (Cornish) comes from Cornish dall, from Brythonic *dall, from Proto-Celtic dallos — blind.

dallhe (Cornish): to blind, dazzle

Definitions

  1. to blind, dazzle

Ancestry of “dallhe”, step by step

dallhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish dall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishdallblind
2Brythonic*dall
3Proto-Celticdallosblind

via Cornish he

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishhe
Every word from Proto-Celtic dallos
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