Etymology Explorer
› Old Welsh
Where does “penn” come from?
penn (Old Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic penn, from Proto-Celtic kʷennom — head.
Ancestry of “penn”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Brythonic
penn
head
2
Proto-Celtic
kʷennom
head
Words derived from “penn”
penn
Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷennom →
Every word from Proto-Brythonic penn →