Pennersax

English

Alternative forms
  • Pennersaugh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) -sax apparently from Proto-Brythonic *Sėɨs (“Saxon, Englishman”).[1][2]

Proper noun

Pennersax

  1. An ancient parish of Middlebie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

References
  1. James, Alan G. (2014) “Elements of Latin Origin in P-Celtic Place-names between the Walls”, in The Journal of Scottish Name Studies‎, volume 8, page 5
  2. James, Alan G. (2020) The Brittonic Language in the Old North - A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence‎, The Journal of Scottish Name Studies, page 259
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