Where does “newynllyd” come from?

newynllyd (Welsh) comes from Welsh newyn, from Middle Welsh newyn, from Proto-Celtic nowinyos, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂w- — death; the dead, corpse.

newynllyd (Welsh): hungry, starving

Definitions

  1. hungry, starving

Ancestry of “newynllyd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshnewynhunger, starvation; famine
2Middle Welshnewynhunger
3Proto-Celticnowinyos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂w-death; the dead, corpse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Celtic nowinyos →Every word from Middle Welsh newyn →