Etymology

cornish

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England. Full definition →

English corn ← Middle English corn ← Old English corn
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cornish · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵerh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂-nós
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵr̥h₂nóm
  4. Proto-Germanic*kurną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*korn
  6. Old Englishcorn
  7. Middle Englishcorn
  8. Englishcorn
  9. English todaycornish

From corn + -ish.

Cornish · adjective, noun, proper noun2

  1. Cornish · derived fromKernewek
  2. English todayCornish

From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.

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