Where does “ffos” come from?

ffos (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *fos, from Latin fossa, from Latin fodiō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.

Ancestry of “ffos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonic*fos—
2Latinfossaditch, trench, moat; gutter, waterway; grave
3Latinfodiōto dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰod-to pierce, dig

Words derived from “ffos”

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