1. Place names: The Gateway Drug

Learn what some Cornish place names mean in Kernewek with presenter Danni Diston, language expert Sarah Buck and Kernow King, Edward Rowe.

Producer Beth Woodbridge.
Video producer: Helen Munro Berry.
Sound producer: Ben Coates.
Executive Editor: Emma Clements.

Revision:

Tre – Homestead/farmstead
Pol – Pool/Water
Penn - Head
Karrek – Rock
Men - Stone
Porth – Sheltered harbour or sheltered cove
Penzance: Pennsans — Penn > “head, top, end” + Sans > “holy”
Bude: Porthbud — Porth > “cove, entrance, landing place” + Bud > “Bude”
Camborne: Kammbronn — Kamm > “crooked, bent” + Bronn > “hill”
Newquay: Tewynblustri — Tewyn > “sand, dune” + Plustri > “animal grazing / exercise area”
Wadebridge: Ponswad — Pons > “bridge” + Waed (Anglo‑Saxon) > “ford”
Illogan: Egloshalow — Eglos > “church” + Halow > “marshes, moors” (or derived from a personal name)