Where does “dechrau” come from?
dechrau (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh dechreu, from Middle Welsh creu, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
dechrau (Welsh): to begin, to start
Definitions
- to begin, to start
Ancestry of “dechrau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Welsh | dechreu | to begin, start |
| 2 | Middle Welsh | creu | — |
| 3 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |