Where does “gwyniad” come from?

gwyniad (English) comes from Welsh gwyniad, from Welsh gwyn, from Proto-Brythonic gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

gwyniad (English): A freshwater fish, Coregonus pennantii, native to...

Definitions

  1. A freshwater fish, Coregonus pennantii, native to...

Ancestry of “gwyniad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshgwyniadgwyniad (Coregonus pennantii), a freshwater fish native to Bala Lake in Gwynedd
2Welshgwynwhite; blessed
3Proto-Brythonicgwɨnnwhite
4Proto-Celticwindoswhite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European windo- →Every word from Proto-Celtic windos →