Where does “glawlen” come from?

glawlen (Cornish) comes from Cornish glaw, from Proto-Celtic glawā.

glawlen (Cornish): umbrella

Definitions

  1. umbrella

Ancestry of “glawlen”, step by step

glawlen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish glaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishglawrain
2Proto-Celticglawā

via Cornish lenn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishlenncloth
Every word from Proto-Celtic glawā
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