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Where does “hwegyn” come from?

hwegyn (Cornish) comes from Cornish hweg — sweet; gentle, kind, nice, pleasant, pleasing;...

hwegyn (Cornish): sweet, candy

Definitions

  1. sweet, candy

Ancestry of “hwegyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishhwegsweet; gentle, kind, nice, pleasant, pleasing;...
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