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Where does “coit” come from?

coit (Old Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic koɨd, from Proto-Celtic kaitos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- — forest, wasteland, pasture.

Ancestry of “coit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonickoɨdwood, forest
2Proto-Celtickaitos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱayt-forest, wasteland, pasture
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