Where does “gwyniad” come from?

gwyniad (Welsh) comes from Welsh gwyn, from Proto-Brythonic gwɨnn, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

gwyniad (Welsh): gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii), a freshwater fish native to Bala Lake in Gwynedd

Definitions

  1. gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii), a freshwater fish native to Bala Lake in Gwynedd

Ancestry of “gwyniad”, step by step

gwyniad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh gwyn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshgwynwhite; blessed
2Proto-Brythonicgwɨnnwhite
3Proto-Celticwindoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Welsh gwynio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshgwynio—

Words derived from “gwyniad”

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