Where does “ieu” come from?
ieu (Middle Welsh) comes from Brythonic *Yow, from Latin Iovem, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Ancestry of “ieu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Brythonic | *Yow | — |
| 2 | Latin | Iovem | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |