Etymology Explorer › Middle Welsh

Where does “gwybot” come from?

gwybot (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic gwɨbod, from Proto-Celtic wid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

gwybot (Middle Welsh): knowledge

Definitions

  1. knowledge

Ancestry of “gwybot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicgwɨbodknowing; to know
2Proto-Celticwid-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “gwybot”

  • ymwybod
  • ymwybodol
  • gwybod
  • gwybodaeth
  • anwybot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →