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Where does “crwth” come from?

crwth (Welsh) comes from Proto-Celtic kruttos — round thing.

crwth (Welsh): crwth; fiddle, violin, viol; purring; hump, hunch...

Definitions

  1. crwth; fiddle, violin, viol; purring; hump, hunch...

Ancestry of “crwth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtickruttosround thing

Words derived from “crwth”

  • route
  • routing
  • router
  • routed
  • rout
  • Reuters
  • Reuter
  • reroute
  • traceroute
  • routable
  • autoroute
  • rutter
  • routeway
  • unrouted
  • reroutable
  • misroute
  • unroutable
  • routously
  • ruttier
  • nonrouted
  • routeman
  • subroute
  • routeless
  • routous
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