Where does “cen” come from?

cen (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kēn — resinous pine wood which was used for torches.

cen (Old English): torch; the runic character ᚳ

Definitions

  1. torch; the runic character ᚳ

Ancestry of “cen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kēnresinous pine wood which was used for torches

Words derived from “cen”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kēn →