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I'm an American and my last name is Kinnett, I've often wondered if I have ancestry going back to this place? Doubtful but fun to think about.
by barrow_dude 2y ago
I'm an American and my last name is Kinnett, I've often wondered if I have ancestry going back to this place? Doubtful but fun to think about.
- card_zero 2y agoThis cluster of surnames lead back to the Roman settlement Cunetio, now Mildenhall, the River Kennet, and a Celtic word for "dog". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunetio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunetio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Kennet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Kennet That's assuming yours isn't from something unrelated such as Kinnettles in Scotland.
- fsckboy 2y ago>That's assuming yours isn't from something unrelated such as Kinnettles in Scotland unrelated, you mean, to Mildenhall in Suffolk, because isn't a word from Cornwall more like than that to be related to a Celtic language name?
- card_zero 2y agoI meant unrelated to "Kennet". We seemed to be talking about West Kennet long barrow by this point. I'm not sure which two of the three things (Kinnettles, Mildenhall, and Cornish names) you're comparing. If you're saying it's outrageous to find a Celtic place name in Suffolk, you're right, except this is a name from Roman times, when Romans were Romanizing Brittonic Britons and the Anglo-Saxons hadn't yet got a look in. And river names tend to be the oldest names and full of debated and unexplained elements, such as the "Or" in Orwell, and the Ouse.