Where does “heudhi” come from?

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

heudhi (Cornish): to be glad

Definitions

  1. to be glad

Ancestry of “heudhi”, step by step

heudhi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish i

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

via Cornish heudh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishheudh—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁e- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European éy →Every word from English eyes →