Etymology Explorer
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Where does “gwall” come from?
gwall (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *gwall, from Proto-Celtic *wolsos — something wrong.
Ancestry of “gwall”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Brythonic
*gwall
—
2
Proto-Celtic
*wolsos
something wrong
Words derived from “gwall”
gwall
diwall
gwallgof
gwall treiglo
gwallgofrwydd
Every word from Proto-Celtic *wolsos →
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