Where does “torbiws” come from?

torbiws (Welsh) comes from Welsh piws, from English puce, from French puce, from Old French puce, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

torbiws (Welsh): purple-bellied

Definitions

  1. purple-bellied

Ancestry of “torbiws”, step by step

torbiws traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh piws

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshpiwspurple
2EnglishpuceA brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less...
3Frenchpuceflea
4Old Frenchpuceflea
5Latinpūlexflea
6Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea

via Welsh tor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshtorthird-person singular present/future of torri;...
2Welshtorrito break, to fracture; to cut, to divide, to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →