Where does “penn” come from?

penn (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic pennō, from Proto-Indo-European bend- — point, pin; peg, tip, protruding point, edge;...

penn (Old English): enclosure, fold, pen

Definitions

  1. enclosure, fold, pen

Ancestry of “penn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpennō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbend-point, pin; peg, tip, protruding point, edge;...

Words derived from “penn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bend- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pennō →