Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/penn

This Proto-Brythonic entry contains reconstructed words 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

head

Descendants

Old Breton: penn, pen
- Breton: penn
Old Cornish: pen
- Middle Cornish: pen
Old Welsh: penn
- Middle Welsh: penn
  - Welsh: 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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