Where does “gwall” come from?

gwall (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh gwall, from Proto-Brythonic *gwall, from Proto-Celtic *wolsos — something wrong.

gwall (Welsh): mistake

Definitions

  1. mistake

Ancestry of “gwall”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Welshgwall—
2Proto-Brythonic*gwall—
3Proto-Celtic*wolsossomething wrong

Words derived from “gwall”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *wolsos →