Where does “Jennifer” come from?

Jennifer derives from Middle Cornish Gwynnever, from Proto-Brythonic Gwɨnnohuɨβar and gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic windos meaning fair or white, from Proto-Indo-European windo- and weyd-.

Ancestry of “Jennifer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle CornishGwynnever—
2Proto-BrythonicGwɨnnohuɨβar—
3Proto-Brythonicgwɨnnwhite
4Proto-Celticwindoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “Jennifer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European windo- →Every word from Proto-Celtic windos →