overwordExplorer
WELSH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dewis.

choice

5 characters2 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɛu̯is//ˈdɛu̯iʃ/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. choice

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, try, choose”), possibly via Proto-Celtic *to-guseti (compare Old Irish do·goa). Cognate with Cornish dewis, Breton diuz.

verb/ˈdɛu̯is//ˈdɛu̯iʃ/South-Wales, colloquial
  1. to choose, to select

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, try, choose”), possibly via Proto-Celtic *to-guseti (compare Old Irish do·goa). Cognate with Cornish dewis, Breton diuz.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

dewis has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

dewis studiodewis workshello, dewis

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.