Etymograph

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Pendre

Pendre comes from Welsh pen ‘end’, from tref ‘town’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *treb- ‘settlement, dwelling’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*treb-‘settlement, dwelling’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*trebā‘dwelling’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*treβ‘town, settlement’reconstructed
  4. Middle Welshc. 1150–1500tref
  5. Welshc. 1500–presentsame form‘town’
  6. Welsh, derivedc. 1500–presentpen‘end’
  7. EnglishtodayPendre

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*treb-‘settlement, dwelling’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*trebā‘dwelling’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*treβ‘town, settlement’reconstructed
  4. Middle Welshc. 1150–1500tref
  5. Welshc. 1500–presentsame form‘town’
  6. Welsh, derivedc. 1500–presentpen‘end’
  7. EnglishtodayPendre

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *treb- ‘settlement, dwelling’

troop, tavern, tabernacle, troupe, 14 more

Today it means

name A suburb of Bridgend, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9081).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *treb- / Pendre

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