Where does “naw” come from?

naw (Cornish) comes from Proto-Brythonic naw, from Proto-Celtic nawan, from Proto-Austronesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian niSawa — breath.

naw (Cornish): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “naw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicnawnine
2Proto-Celticnawannine
3Proto-Austronesian*nihawa—
4Proto-AustronesianniSawabreath

Words derived from “naw”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian niSawa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *nihawa →Every word from Proto-Celtic nawan →
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