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

Related terms

• *gworfenn (“end, conclusion”) < Proto-Celtic *uɸerkʷennom

Descendants

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

References

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