Where does “creu” come from?

creu (Middle Welsh) comes from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

Ancestry of “creu”, step by step

creu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin creō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincreōto create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively)
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Proto-Celtic *kruwos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*kruwos—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeankrewH-to cover, heap

Words derived from “creu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →