Where does “diwweus” come from?

diwweus (Cornish) comes from Cornish diw, from Proto-Celtic dwī, from Proto-Indo-European dwih₂, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

diwweus (Cornish): dual of gweus

Definitions

  1. dual of gweus

Ancestry of “diwweus”, step by step

diwweus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish diw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishdiwtwo
2Proto-Celticdwī—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwih₂—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

via Cornish gweus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishgweuslip
2Proto-Brythonicwebussu—
3Proto-Brythonicwe-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwih₂ →Every word from Proto-Celtic dwī →