Where does “cawnwellt” come from?

cawnwellt (Welsh) comes from Welsh cawn, from Latin cāna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀, from Sumerian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.

cawnwellt (Welsh): reedgrass (Calamagrostis)

Definitions

  1. reedgrass (Calamagrostis)

Ancestry of “cawnwellt”, step by step

cawnwellt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh cawn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshcawnstalks
2LatincānaCana
3Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
4Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
5Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length

via Welsh gwellt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshgwelltgrass, straw
2Middle Welshgwellt
3Proto-Brythonicgwelltgrass
4Proto-Celticgʷeltāgrass
Every word from Sumerian 𒄀