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Where does “ki” come from?

ki (Proto-Brythonic) comes from Proto-Celtic kū, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

ki (Proto-Brythonic): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “ki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtickūdog; wolf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “ki”

  • corgi
  • corgwn
  • corgi
  • corgi
  • corgi
  • corgi
  • corgi
  • ci
  • gwarchodgi
  • dowrgeun
  • keun
  • morgi
  • ki
  • gwadgi
  • kiez
  • ki
  • kiezed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →