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Where does “Pen-y-ghent” come from?
Pen-y-ghent (English) comes from Cumbric *penn, from Cumbric *ı, from Cumbric *cog — cuckoo.
Ancestry of “Pen-y-ghent”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Cumbric
*penn
head
2
Cumbric
*ı
the
3
Cumbric
*cog
cuckoo
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