Where does “cruitr” come from?
cruitr (Old Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic kruɨdr, from Celtic *kreitros, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.
Ancestry of “cruitr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Brythonic | kruɨdr | sieve, winnowing fan |
| 2 | Celtic | *kreitros | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |