cenn

== Middle Irish == === Alternative forms === cend === Etymology === From Old Irish cenn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʲen̪/ === Noun === cenn m (genitive cinn, plural cenna or cinn) head end ==== Descendants ==== Irish: ceann Manx: kione Scottish Gaelic: ceann → Old Norse: kjanni, kjannr === Mutation === === References === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Schulze-Thulin, Britta (January 2001), “Notes on the Old and Middle Irish Loanwords in Old Norse”, in North-Western European Language Evolution (NOWELE), volume 39, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60. == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʲen̪/ === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *kʷennom, whence also conn (“leader”). Compare Welsh pen, Breton penn. ==== Noun ==== cenn n (genitive cinn, nominative plural cenna) head c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 89c11 end c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 74c20 ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle Irish: cenn Irish: ceann Manx: kione Scottish Gaelic: ceann === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Celtic *kennos. Cognate with Welsh cen (“scale”). ==== Noun ==== cenn f skin, covering shell (of an animal) c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 52b2 ===== Usage notes ===== This word fell out of use in its simple form during the Old Irish period due to being a homophone with the word meaning "head". It is only attested in the St. Gall Priscian glosses, glossing Latin testa. ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== cenne ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ Irish: scannán (“film”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language