Etymology

Penshaw

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Today it means: A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3253). Full definition →

Cumbric *penn
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The story

  1. Cumbric · derived from*carr“rocks”
  2. Cumbric · derived from*cerr
  3. Cumbric · derived from*penn“head, top, summit”
  4. English todayPenshaw

Historically Pencher. From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *cerr, plural of Cumbric *carr (“rocks”).

Words from the same roots

Cumbric*penn all →

PenrithPentlandPenworthamPenicuikPainshawfieldPen-y-ghent

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