Where does “treweythyow” come from?

treweythyow (Cornish) comes from Cornish dre, from Proto-Brythonic *dre, from Proto-Celtic *trei, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

treweythyow (Cornish): sometimes, occasionally

Definitions

  1. sometimes, occasionally

Ancestry of “treweythyow”, step by step

treweythyow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish dre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishdrethrough, via
2Proto-Brythonic*drethrough
3Proto-Celtic*treithrough
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

via Cornish gweyth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishgweythinstance
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂-
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