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Where does “Gwynnever” come from?

Gwynnever (Middle Cornish) comes from Proto-Brythonic Gwɨnnohuɨβar, from Proto-Brythonic gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “Gwynnever”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Gwynnever”

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