Etymology

Penicuik

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Today it means: A town in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2360). Full definition →

Cumbric *penn
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The story

  1. Cumbric · derived from*cog“cuckoo”
  2. Cumbric · derived from*ı“(of) the”
  3. Cumbric · derived from*penn“head, top, summit”
  4. English todayPenicuik

From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *ı (“(of) the”) + Cumbric *cog (“cuckoo”).

Words from the same roots

Cumbric*penn all →

PenrithPentlandPenworthamPainshawfieldPenshawPen-y-ghent

Cumbric*ı all →

Pen-y-ghent

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.