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Where does “iwerdhonek” come from?

iwerdhonek (Cornish) comes from Cornish Iwerdhon, from Proto-Celtic ɸīweryū, from Proto-Indo-European piHweryon-, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

iwerdhonek (Cornish): Irish

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Ancestry of “iwerdhonek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CornishIwerdhon—
2Proto-Celticɸīweryū—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpiHweryon-—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk
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