Where does “myrddiwn” come from?
myrddiwn (Welsh) comes from Welsh myrdd, from Middle Welsh myrð, from Latin myrias, from Ancient Greek μυριάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
myrddiwn (Welsh): myriad
Ancestry of “myrddiwn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Welsh | myrdd | myriad, ten thousand |
| 2 | Middle Welsh | myrð | — |
| 3 | Latin | myrias | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μυριάς | a number of ten thousand, a myriad |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |