Where does “hwetegves” come from?

hwetegves (Cornish) comes from Cornish hwetek, from Cornish deg, from Proto-Brythonic deg, from Proto-Celtic dekam, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

hwetegves (Cornish): sixteenth

Definitions

  1. sixteenth

Ancestry of “hwetegves”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishhweteksixteen
2Cornishdegten
3Proto-Brythonicdegten
4Proto-Celticdekamten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Celtic dekam →Every word from Proto-Brythonic deg →
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