Where does “cweir” come from?

cweir (Welsh) comes from English quire, from Middle English quer, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

cweir (Welsh): beating, thrashing

Definitions

  1. beating, thrashing

Ancestry of “cweir”, step by step

cweir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English quire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquireOne-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of...
2Middle EnglishquerA choir singers who musically accompany a liturgy
3Old Frenchcuerheart
4Vulgar Latin*corem—
5Latincorheart; soul, mind
6Proto-Italickordheart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Welsh cyweirio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshcyweirioto put in order, to prepare, to lay out
2Welshcywairwell-equipped, prepared, ready
3Middle Welshkyweirwell-equipped, trim
4Old Welshcouer—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic kord →Every word from Latin cor →