Where does “canwraidd y dŵr” come from?
canwraidd y dŵr (Welsh) comes from Welsh canwraidd, from Welsh cân, from English can, from Spanish can, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
canwraidd y dŵr (Welsh): amphibious bistort (Persicaria maculosa)
Definitions
- amphibious bistort (Persicaria maculosa)
Ancestry of “canwraidd y dŵr”, step by step
canwraidd y dŵr traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh canwraidd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | canwraidd | Persicaria |
| 2 | Welsh | cân | song; inflection of canu: ## third-person... |
| 3 | English | can | To know how to; to be able to; May; to be... |
| 4 | Spanish | can | dog, hound |
| 5 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |