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Where does “*penn” come from?
*penn (Cumbric) comes from Cumbric *ı, from Cumbric *cog — cuckoo.
*penn
(Cumbric): head
Definitions
head
Ancestry of “*penn”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Cumbric
*ı
the
2
Cumbric
*cog
cuckoo
Words derived from “*penn”
Pennycook
Penicuik
Painshawfield
Pen-y-ghent
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