Where does “efanyans” come from?

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

efanyans (Cornish): expansion

Definitions

  1. expansion

Ancestry of “efanyans”, step by step

efanyans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish efani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishefanito elaborate, expand
2Cornishithey
3Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-

via Cornish ans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishans
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-
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