Etymology Explorer › Old Breton

Where does “penn” come from?

penn (Old Breton) comes from Proto-Brythonic penn, from Proto-Celtic kʷennom — head.

Ancestry of “penn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicpennhead
2Proto-Celtickʷennomhead
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