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Where does “gweus” come from?

gweus (Cornish) comes from Proto-Brythonic webussu, from Proto-Brythonic we-.

gweus (Cornish): lip

Definitions

  1. lip

Ancestry of “gweus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicwebussu—
2Proto-Brythonicwe-—

Words derived from “gweus”

  • diwweus
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