English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(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

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Pennersax

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

References

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