Where does “dornwrys” come from?

dornwrys (Cornish) comes from Cornish dorn, from Proto-Celtic durnos — fist, hand.

dornwrys (Cornish): artificial

Definitions

  1. artificial

Ancestry of “dornwrys”, step by step

dornwrys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish dorn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishdornhand; fist; handle
2Proto-Celticdurnosfist, hand

via Cornish gwrys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishgwrysdone, made
2Cornishguldo, make
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