corgi

The story

1. Welsh · borrowed fromcorgwn
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱwṓ“dog”
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)ker-“to cut off”
4. Welsh · borrowed fromcorgi
5. English todaycorgi

PIE word *ḱwṓ Borrowed from Welsh corgi, a compound of cor (“dwarf”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”)) + gi (the soft mutation of ci (“dog”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”), perhaps from *peḱ- (“livestock; wealth”)). The rare plural form corgwn is borrowed from Welsh corgwn.

Words from the same roots