Where does “gwên” come from?

gwên (Welsh) comes from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

gwên (Welsh): smile

Definitions

  1. smile

Ancestry of “gwên”, step by step

gwên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic windos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticwindoswhite
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Proto-Brythonic gwen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicgwensmile
2Proto-Celticgʷenomsmile

Words derived from “gwên”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European windo- →Every word from Proto-Celtic windos →