Where does “tewi” come from?
tewi (Welsh) comes from Welsh -i, from Old Welsh -im, from Proto-Brythonic *-iβ̃.
tewi (Welsh): to be silent
Ancestry of “tewi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Welsh | -i | Pluralisation suffix; Forms verbnouns from verb... |
| 2 | Old Welsh | -im | — |
| 3 | Proto-Brythonic | *-iβ̃ | — |