Where does “hwegys” come from?

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

hwegys (Cornish): maize

Definitions

  1. maize

Ancestry of “hwegys”, step by step

hwegys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish hweg

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

via Cornish ys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishyscorn
Every word from Cornish hweg
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