Where does “arbenikter” come from?

arbenikter (Cornish) comes from Cornish arbennik, from Cornish penn, from Middle Cornish pen, from Old Cornish pen, from Proto-Brythonic penn, from Proto-Celtic kʷennom — head.

arbenikter (Cornish): specialism, speciality

Definitions

  1. specialism, speciality

Ancestry of “arbenikter”, step by step

arbenikter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish arbennik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornisharbennikspecial, distinctive, particular
2Cornishpennhead; top; end
3Middle Cornishpen—
4Old Cornishpenhead
5Proto-Brythonicpennhead
6Proto-Celtickʷennomhead

via Cornish der

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishderthrough, via
2Proto-Brythonic*truɨ—
3Proto-Celtic*treithrough
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome
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