English
Penistone
Penistone may come from Proto-Brythonic *penn ‘head’.
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*penn‘head’uncertain
- EnglishtodayPenistone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*penn‘head’uncertain
- EnglishtodayPenistone
Every English word from Proto-Brythonic *penn
Today it means
name A market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2403).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Brythonic *penn / Penistone