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Where does “gwennawl” come from?

gwennawl (Middle Welsh) comes from Old Welsh guennol, from Proto-Celtic wesnālā, from Proto-Celtic wesr-, from Proto-Indo-European wósr̥ — spring.

Ancestry of “gwennawl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Welshguennol—
2Proto-Celticwesnālāswallow
3Proto-Celticwesr-spring
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwósr̥spring

Words derived from “gwennawl”

  • morwennol
  • gwennol
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