Where does “lliw” come from?

lliw (Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic lliw, from Proto-Celtic līwos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

lliw (Welsh): colour; paint, dye, colouring

Definitions

  1. colour; paint, dye, colouring

Ancestry of “lliw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythoniclliwcolour
2Proto-Celticlīwoscolour; stone
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₃y-blueish

Words derived from “lliw

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y-