Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/penn

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Brythonic

Etymology

    From Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpenː/

    Noun

    *penn m

    1. head

    Descendants

    • Old Breton: penn, pen
    • Old Cornish: pen
      • Middle Cornish: pen
    • Old Welsh: penn
    • Cumbric: pen

    References

    • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
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