Where does “chwerw” come from?

chwerw (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic hwerw, from Proto-Celtic swerwos, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

chwerw (Middle Welsh): bitter

Definitions

  1. bitter

Ancestry of “chwerw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonichwerwbitter
2Proto-Celticswerwosbitter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy

Words derived from “chwerw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →Every word from Proto-Celtic swerwos →Every word from Proto-Brythonic hwerw →