Where does “tynerder” come from?

tynerder (Welsh) comes from Welsh -der, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

tynerder (Welsh): tenderness, gentleness

Definitions

  1. tenderness, gentleness

Ancestry of “tynerder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welsh-der-ness, -ment
2Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Welsh -der →
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