Where does “pwys” come from?

pwys (Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic puɨs, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

pwys (Welsh): weight, burden, pressure; importance,...

Definitions

  1. weight, burden, pressure; importance,...

Ancestry of “pwys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicpuɨsweight
2Latinpēnsumallotment, portion, weight (of wool measured out to a slave to spin in a day)
3Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
4Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
5Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “pwys”

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