Where does “yw” come from?

yw (Welsh) comes from Proto-Celtic īwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.

yw (Welsh): third-person singular present of bod; yews

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present of bod; yews

Ancestry of “yw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticīwosyew
2Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Celtic īwos →