Where does “Sowsneger” come from?

Sowsneger (Cornish) comes from Cornish Sowsnek, from Cornish Sowson, from Cornish Sows — Englishman.

Sowsneger (Cornish): English-speaker, Anglophone

Definitions

  1. English-speaker, Anglophone

Ancestry of “Sowsneger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CornishSowsnekthe English language
2CornishSowsonplural of Sows
3CornishSowsEnglishman
Every word from Cornish Sows →Every word from Cornish Sowson →Every word from Cornish Sowsnek →