Where does “cynefinder” come from?

cynefinder (Welsh) comes from Welsh -der, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

cynefinder (Welsh): habitude

Definitions

  1. habitude

Ancestry of “cynefinder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welsh-der-ness, -ment
2Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Welsh -der →
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