Where does “bara menyn” come from?

bara menyn (Welsh) comes from Welsh menyn, from Welsh ymenyn, from Proto-Celtic emban, from Old Javanese [[ĕmban]], [[hĕmban]].

bara menyn (Welsh): bread and butter

Definitions

  1. bread and butter

Ancestry of “bara menyn”, step by step

bara menyn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh menyn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshmenynbutter
2Welshymenynbutter
3Proto-Celticembanbutter
4Old Javanese[[ĕmban]], [[hĕmban]]—

via Welsh bara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshbarabread
2Proto-Celticbargoscake, bread
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point
Every word from Old Javanese [[ĕmban]], [[hĕmban]] →Every word from Proto-Celtic emban →Every word from Welsh ymenyn →
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