Where does “yeth” come from?

yeth (Cornish) comes from Proto-Brythonic jeiθ, from Proto-Celtic yextis, from Proto-Indo-European yek- — to utter.

yeth (Cornish): language

Definitions

  1. language

Ancestry of “yeth”, step by step

yeth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Brythonic jeiθ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicjeiθlanguage
2Proto-Celticyextislanguage, speech
3Proto-Indo-Europeanyek-to utter

via Proto-Athabaskan yəx̣s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskanyəx̣ssnow

Words derived from “yeth”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yek- →Every word from Proto-Celtic yextis →Every word from Proto-Brythonic jeiθ →