Etymology

Penn

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Proto-Brythonic *penn ← Proto-Slavic *pьňь
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*pьňь
  2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*penn“(hill) top, head”
  3. English todayPenn

* As an English surname, named after various places such as Penn in Buckinghamshire or Staffordshire, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“(hill) top, head”). * Also as an English surname, from the noun pen (“enclosure”). * Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Parnell. * As a German surname, from Sorbian pien (“tree stump”), from Proto-Slavic *pьňь.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Brythonic*penn all →

PendlepenninespenistoneInkpenPenhill

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