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Hughes, A. J., “Le toponyme breton Penhep : pen + eb «tête de cheval» ou pen + keb «tête de colline» ?”, Études Celtiques 31 (1995): 219–224.
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“Le toponyme breton Penhep : pen + eb «tête de cheval» ou pen + keb «tête de colline» ?”
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Études Celtiques 31 (1995)
Études Celtiques 31 (1995).
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31
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219–224
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[FR] L. Fleuriot était tenté d’analyser le toponyme Penhep (Finistère) comme un composé pen «tête» + *ep «cheval». Il y aurait un parallèle exact en irlandais, Cenn Eich (Hogan), cf. br. Penterc’h, gall. Pentyrch, et v.irl. Cenn Tuirc «tête de sanglier». Et d’autres noms bretons de même signification, Penmarc’h, Cap Cavai «tête de cheval». Mais Fleuriot avait insisté sur la nécessité, dans ce cas, de démontrer que le -h-n’était pas étymologique. Or cet h est en fait prononcé, [pen’hep], on doit donc considérer Penhep comme contenant, plutôt, pen (suivi de mutation spirante) + un k- initial, vraisemblablement kep, kap «colline».
[EN] The Breton place-name Penhep : pen + eb “horse head” or pen + keb “head of a hill ?”.
The late L. Fleuriot was tempted to interpret the Finistère place-name Penhep as a compound pen ‘head’ + *ep ‘horse’. One could cite an exact parallel from Irish, Cenn Eich (Hogan) and compare Breton Penterc’h, Welsh Pentyrch and Old Irish Cenn Tuirc ‘Wild Boar’s Head’. Cf. also other Breton names with the same meaning ‘horse’s head’, Penmarc’h, Cap Caval. Fleuriot, however, did stress that Breton Penhep could only be considered as Pen ‘head’ + ep ‘horse’ provided the h in Penhep could be shown to be non-etymological. As the -h- is, in fact, pronounced, [pen’hep], then one must view Penhep instead as containing pen (followed by spirant mutation) + an initial k-, most likely Kep, Kap ‘hill’.
[EN] The Breton place-name Penhep : pen + eb “horse head” or pen + keb “head of a hill ?”.
The late L. Fleuriot was tempted to interpret the Finistère place-name Penhep as a compound pen ‘head’ + *ep ‘horse’. One could cite an exact parallel from Irish, Cenn Eich (Hogan) and compare Breton Penterc’h, Welsh Pentyrch and Old Irish Cenn Tuirc ‘Wild Boar’s Head’. Cf. also other Breton names with the same meaning ‘horse’s head’, Penmarc’h, Cap Caval. Fleuriot, however, did stress that Breton Penhep could only be considered as Pen ‘head’ + ep ‘horse’ provided the h in Penhep could be shown to be non-etymological. As the -h- is, in fact, pronounced, [pen’hep], then one must view Penhep instead as containing pen (followed by spirant mutation) + an initial k-, most likely Kep, Kap ‘hill’.
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