Where does “cyfriflyfr” come from?
cyfriflyfr (Welsh) comes from Welsh llyfr, from Middle Welsh llyuyr, from Proto-Brythonic llɨvr, from Latin liber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob, from English lob — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
cyfriflyfr (Welsh): ledger
Definitions
- ledger
Ancestry of “cyfriflyfr”, step by step
cyfriflyfr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh llyfr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | llyfr | book |
| 2 | Middle Welsh | llyuyr | — |
| 3 | Proto-Brythonic | llɨvr | — |
| 4 | Latin | liber | free, independent, unrestricted, unchecked; open;... |
| 5 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 6 | French | lober | to lob |
| 7 | French | lob | lob |
| 8 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 9 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 10 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 11 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 12 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 13 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 14 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 16 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 17 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via Welsh cyfrif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | cyfrif | account, record, statement; account; count,... |
| 2 | Welsh | cyf- | together, co-, con-; equal, similar, equi-;... |
| 3 | Middle Welsh | kyu- | con-, with |
| 4 | Proto-Brythonic | köβ̃- | Prefix with associative meaning |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | kom- | with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |