Where does “cronfa” come from?

cronfa (Welsh) comes from Welsh cronni, from Welsh -i, from Old Welsh -im, from Proto-Brythonic *-iβ̃.

cronfa (Welsh): reservoir lake used as a source of water supply

Definitions

  1. reservoir lake used as a source of water supply

Ancestry of “cronfa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshcronnito collect, accumulate, amass, hoard, accrue; to...
2Welsh-iPluralisation suffix; Forms verbnouns from verb...
3Old Welsh-im
4Proto-Brythonic*-iβ̃
Every word from Proto-Brythonic *-iβ̃
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