cariad

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Welsh word cariad comes from Proto-Indo-European *kenh₂-, Proto-Indo-European *kh₂róti, and later Proto-Celtic *kareti (To desire, to wish.)

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*kenh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kh₂róti (Proto-Indo-European)

*kareti (Proto-Celtic)

To desire, to wish.

*karɨd (Proto-Brythonic)

To love.

karɨd (Proto-Brythonic)

caru (Welsh)

(transitive) to love, like.

cariad (Welsh)

Beloved (one); lover, sweetheart, darling, boyfriend, girlfriend}}. Love, charity, affection.

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