Where does “chwil” come from?

chwil (Welsh) comes from Proto-Indo-European swey-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

chwil (Welsh): reeling, staggering from drunkenness

Definitions

  1. reeling, staggering from drunkenness

Ancestry of “chwil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswey-to twist, swing; to hiss; whistle; to swing,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

Words derived from “chwil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swey- →
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