Where does “pys” come from?

pys (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *pɨs, from Latin pīsum, from Ancient Greek πίσον, from Ancient Greek πίσος — pea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum".

Ancestry of “pys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonic*pɨs
2Latinpīsumpea, pease
3Ancient GreekπίσονQuoted by comic poet Alexis; pea, pease, seed of...
4Ancient Greekπίσοςpea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum"

Words derived from “pys

Every word from Ancient Greek πίσοςEvery word from Ancient Greek πίσονEvery word from Latin pīsum
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