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Where does “windos” come from?

windos (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

windos (Proto-Celtic): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “windos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “windos”

  • Barry
  • Jennifer
  • Fiona
  • Gwyn
  • penguin
  • Guinevere
  • Gwynne
  • Gwynn
  • Fingal
  • Wyn
  • Olwen
  • Gwenhwyfar
  • Bazza
  • Fingalian
  • Fingallian
  • gwyniad
  • penguinlike
  • penguinesque
  • penguinone
  • penguinarium
  • Vendée
  • penguinese
  • penguinery
  • Gwendolen
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