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Where does “tewi” come from?

tewi (Welsh) comes from Welsh -i, from Old Welsh -im, from Proto-Brythonic *-iβ̃.

tewi (Welsh): to be silent

Definitions

  1. to be silent

Ancestry of “tewi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welsh-iPluralisation suffix; Forms verbnouns from verb...
2Old Welsh-im—
3Proto-Brythonic*-iβ̃—
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