Etymology

Pinnelhill

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Pictish *pen ← Old English hyll
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhyll“hill”
  2. Pictish · derived from*pen“top, summit”
  3. English todayPinnelhill

Possibly from Pictish *pen (“top, summit”) with Old English hyll (“hill”) added later.

Words from the same roots

Pictish*pen all →

Pennan

Old Englishhyll all →

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