Etymology

Penhill

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Today it means: A hill in the Yorkshire Dales, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0586). Full definition →

Proto-Brythonic *penn ← Old English hyll
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhyll“hill”
  2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*penn“summit, top”
  3. English todayPenhill

From Cumbric/Proto-Brythonic *penn (“summit, top”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Brythonic*penn all →

PennPendlepenninespenistoneInkpen

Old Englishhyll all →

hillHiltonRoswellbrillCantrellPendleColeshillHillhouseHilburnSunninghillBrickhillHildenboroughBishop's HullPinnelhill

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