ceann
Gaelic (Scots)
/kʲaun/
noun
Definitions
- head of a body or a group of people
- end the extreme part of something
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish cenn (head) inherited from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom (head).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kʷennom
Gloss
head
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pendre English
- penguin English
- dracō Latin
- pinguis Latin
- pinguïn Dutch, Flemish
- Penbedw Welsh
- gobennydd Welsh
- pen Welsh
- pen-blwydd Welsh
- pen-lin Welsh
- penbleth Welsh
- pencampwr Welsh
- pencenedl Welsh
- penddu Welsh
- penderfynu Welsh
- pendragon Welsh
- pendrist Welsh
- pendrwm Welsh
- penelin Welsh
- penfelyn Welsh
- penfras Welsh
- penisel Welsh
- pennaeth Welsh
- pennod Welsh
- penrhyn Welsh
- pentref Welsh
- pentwr Welsh
- penwythnos Welsh
- ymennydd Welsh
- cenn Old Irish
- cennaigid Old Irish
- cloicenn Old Irish
- forcenn Old Irish
- ath-cheannaich Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ceann simileir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ceannaich Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ceannaiche Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dì-cheann Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sgarfa Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sgarfa-cinn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- similear Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- aachione Manx
- ard-chione Manx
- kione Manx
- kioneys Manx
- kionnee Manx
- *kʷennom Proto-Celtic
- cenn Middle Irish
- pemoc'h Breton
- penn Breton
- pennoù Breton
- *penn Proto-Brythonic
- penn Middle Welsh