Where does “pennseythen” come from?

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

pennseythen (Cornish): weekend

Definitions

  1. weekend

Ancestry of “pennseythen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pennseythen”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷennom →Every word from Proto-Brythonic penn →Every word from Old Cornish pen →