From: Brian M. Scott Message: 34549 Date: 2004-10-07
At 7:01:02 AM on Thursday, October 7, 2004, tgpedersen
wrote:
>>> from my failing memory: Britanic place names 'pen-'
>>> "head" ?
>> The latter is probably a different word - compare Old
>> Irish _cenn_ 'head'.
> 'Cadraig' type loan?
You mean <Cothriche>?
There's an Ogam QENILOCAGNI (gen.), whence OIr <Cennlachán>
(nom.) (later <Cellachán>), that apparently contains the
'head' word; don't know offhand how early it is.