Where does “pleidlais” come from?

pleidlais (Welsh) comes from Welsh plaid, from Scots plaid, from Scots ply.

pleidlais (Welsh): a vote

Definitions

  1. a vote

Ancestry of “pleidlais”, step by step

pleidlais traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh plaid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshplaidparty
2Scotsplaidplaid
3Scotsply—

via Welsh llais

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshllaisvoice

Words derived from “pleidlais”

Every word from Scots ply →Every word from Scots plaid →Every word from Welsh plaid →