Where does “kalesweyth” come from?

kalesweyth (Cornish) comes from Cornish kales, from Latin Calēs, from West Flemish Kales, from Latin Caletum, from Proto-Celtic kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European kal- — hard; beautiful; handsome.

kalesweyth (Cornish): hardware

Definitions

  1. hardware

Ancestry of “kalesweyth”, step by step

kalesweyth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish kales

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishkaleshard; tough (resistant to pressure)
2LatinCalēs
3West FlemishKales
4LatinCaletumCalais
5Proto-Celtickaletoshard
6Proto-Indo-Europeankal-hard; beautiful; handsome

via Cornish gweyth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishgweythinstance
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kal-