Where does “mwy” come from?

mwy (Welsh) comes from Egyptian mꜣwt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

mwy (Welsh): comparative degree of mawr; more; Used to form...

Definitions

  1. comparative degree of mawr; more; Used to form...

Ancestry of “mwy”, step by step

mwy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian mꜣwt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianmꜣwta new thing, something new
2Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

via Vietnamese mới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemớinew (recently made or created)
2Chinese每—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuujone

via Egyptian mw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianmwwater; rain; sea, lake
2Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water

Words derived from “mwy”

Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian mꜣwt →