Where does “manbluv” come from?

manbluv (Cornish) comes from Cornish pluv, from Latin pluma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

manbluv (Cornish): down

Definitions

  1. down

Ancestry of “manbluv”, step by step

manbluv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish pluv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishpluvfeathers; pens
2Latinplumafeather, plume; metal scale of armor; beard-down
3Proto-Italicplouksmā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplúnksneh₂feather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplú-n-k-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Cornish mann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishmannat all; nothing, nil; zero
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k- →
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