Where does “tennven” come from?

tennven (Cornish) comes from Cornish men, from Proto-Brythonic maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic maginos — stone; place.

tennven (Cornish): lodestone, magnet

Definitions

  1. lodestone, magnet

Ancestry of “tennven”, step by step

tennven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish men

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishmenstone
2Proto-Brythonicmaɣɨnstone
3Proto-Celticmaginosstone; place

via Cornish tenna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishtennato pull, attract, tug
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