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Where does “cenn” come from?

cenn (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish cenn, from Proto-Celtic Kʷennowindos, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

cenn (Middle Irish): head; end

Definitions

  1. head; end

Ancestry of “cenn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcennhead; end
2Proto-CelticKʷennowindos—
3Proto-Celticwindoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “cenn”

  • ceannbhrat
  • ceannbheart
  • ardcheannach
  • ceannsmacht
  • ceanntréith
  • cinn
  • ceanntrom
  • ceannaimsir
  • ceannadhairt
  • ceannchathair
  • ceannscríbhinn
  • ceannaigh
  • fo-cheannteideal
  • ceannteideal
  • fo-mhírcheann
  • mírcheann
  • ceannlitir
  • ceannbhaile
  • ceannchathartha
  • ceannrua
  • ceannramhar
  • ceannbhuí
  • ceann-nochta
  • ceanndubh
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