Etymology

Pendle

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Today it means: A local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Full definition →

Proto-Brythonic *penn ← Old English hyll
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhyll“hill”
  2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*penn
  3. English todayPendle

From Proto-Brythonic *penn ("head, top") + Old English hyll (“hill”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Brythonic*penn all →

PennpenninespenistoneInkpenPenhill

Old Englishhyll all →

hillHiltonRoswellbrillCantrellColeshillHillhouseHilburnSunninghillBrickhillHildenboroughBishop's HullPenhillPinnelhill

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