Where does “kanndir” come from?

kanndir (Cornish) comes from Cornish tir, from Old Cornish tir, from Proto-Celtic tīros, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

kanndir (Cornish): quartz

Definitions

  1. quartz

Ancestry of “kanndir”, step by step

kanndir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish tir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishtirland, earth
2Old Cornishtirearth, land
3Proto-Celtictīrosdry land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Cornish kann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishkann—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Celtic tīros →Every word from Old Cornish tir →