Where does “plymwyr” come from?

plymwyr (Welsh) comes from Welsh plymio, from Welsh plwm, from Latin plumbum, from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος, from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo-.

Ancestry of “plymwyr”, step by step

plymwyr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh plymio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshplymioplumbing
2Welshplwmlead; lead, leaden
3Latinplumbumlead; ball of lead; pipe of lead
4Ancient Greekμόλυβδοςlead; graphite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorkʷ-iyo-—

via Welsh ŵyr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1WelshŵyrSoft mutation of gŵyr; grandson, grandchild
2Middle WelshwyrSoft mutation of gwyr
Every word from Proto-Indo-European morkʷ-iyo- →Every word from Ancient Greek μόλυβδος →Every word from Latin plumbum →