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HIgher Colvannick
(EN)
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Kalvannek Wartha
(KW)
Type:
Settlement
Parish:
Cardinham
Hundred:
West Wivelshire
Notes:
Possibly named after on of the stones in the nearby stone row
Elements:
-ek
Meaning:
abounding in [suffix]
bann
Meaning:
height, prominent place
kal
Meaning:
penis
wartha
Meaning:
higher
Elements notes:
kal 'penis' + bann 'prominence, height' + -ek 'abounding+ wartha 'higher' in'
Historic forms:
Calvanek 1302, Kalvannecke, Kalvannec 1311, Calvannek 1327, 1420, 1428.