Etymology Explorer
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Where does “rwyf” come from?
rwyf (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *rruɨβ̃, from Latin rēmus.
Ancestry of “rwyf”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Brythonic
*rruɨβ̃
oar
2
Latin
rēmus
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Words derived from “rwyf”
rhwyf
rhwyfo
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