Where does “legryas” come from?

legryas (Cornish) comes from Cornish legri, from Latin lucrum, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂w- — to seize, gain; benefit, prize.

legryas (Cornish): corruption

Definitions

  1. corruption

Ancestry of “legryas”, step by step

legryas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish legri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishlegrito corrupt
2Latinlucrumprofit, advantage; love of gain, avarice
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂w-to seize, gain; benefit, prize

via Cornish as

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂w-