Where does “Westwealas” come from?

Westwealas (Old English) comes from Old English Wēalas, from Old English wealh, from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

Westwealas (Old English): the Welsh of Cornwall

Definitions

  1. the Welsh of Cornwall

Ancestry of “Westwealas”, step by step

Westwealas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English Wēalas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishWēalasthe Welsh
2Old Englishwealhforeigner; Briton or Welshman; slave
3Old Englishīeġisland
4Proto-West Germanicauwjufloodplain; meadow; island
5Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
6Proto-Germanicagwjō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Old English west

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwestwest
2Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
3Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
4Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →