Where does “brithyll” come from?

brithyll (Welsh) comes from Welsh brith, from Old Welsh brith.

brithyll (Welsh): trout, brown trout

Definitions

  1. trout, brown trout

Ancestry of “brithyll”, step by step

brithyll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh brith

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshbrithmottled, speckled, brindled; grey
2Old Welshbrith—

via Albanian ȳll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianȳllstar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁us-los—
Every word from Old Welsh brith →Every word from Welsh brith →