Cymbeline

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰel-“to swell, be strong”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*belo-“powerful, strong”
3. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*Kunobelinos“Cunobeline”
4. Welsh · derived fromCynfelyn
5. English todayCymbeline

From Welsh Cynfelyn. from Proto-Brythonic *Kunobelinos (“Cunobeline”), meaning something like "strong as a dog," composed of: * *kuno- (“dog”), oblique/plural stem of *ki, * and *belino- (“strong”); cf. Breton Konvelen, from Proto-Celtic *belo- (“powerful, strong”), connected by Delamarre to Gaulish names like Belisama and Belenus, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell, be strong”).

Words from the same roots