Where does “mwyafrif” come from?
mwyafrif (Welsh) comes from Welsh mwyaf, from Welsh mwy, from Egyptian mꜣwt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
mwyafrif (Welsh): majority
Ancestry of “mwyafrif”, step by step
mwyafrif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh mwyaf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Welsh | mwyaf | superlative degree of mawr; Used to form the... |
| 2 | Welsh | mwy | comparative degree of mawr; more; Used to form... |
| 3 | Egyptian | mꜣwt | a new thing, something new |
| 4 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 5 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |
via Welsh rhif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Welsh | rhif | number |
| 2 | Proto-Brythonic | rriβ̃ | number |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | rīmā | number |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂rey- | to count, count out; to arrange |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |