Etymology

tavy

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Today it means: Swidden Full definition →

Proto-Brythonic *tam-
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  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*tam-
  2. English todayTavy

Of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *tam-, meaning either "dark" or "to flow." See Thames and its listed cognates.

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