Where does “newyn” come from?

newyn (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Celtic nowinyos, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂w- — death; the dead, corpse.

newyn (Middle Welsh): hunger

Definitions

  1. hunger

Ancestry of “newyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticnowinyos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂w-death; the dead, corpse

Words derived from “newyn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European neh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Celtic nowinyos →