Etymology

Gweniver

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Today it means: A female given name from Cornish. Full definition →

Middle Cornish Gwynnever ← Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar
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The story

  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*Gwɨnnohuɨβar
  2. Middle Cornish · derived fromGwynnever
  3. English todayGweniver

From Cornish, from Middle Cornish Gwynnever, from Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar. Doublet of Jennifer.

Words from the same roots

Middle CornishGwynnever all →

Jennifer

Proto-Brythonic*Gwɨnnohuɨβar all →

Jennifer

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