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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pinn
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bendno-, from *bend- (“to jut, protrude, stick out; peak”).
Noun
*pinn m
- pin, nail
- peg
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *pinn | |
Genitive | *pinnas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *pinn | *pinnō, *pinnōs |
Accusative | *pinn | *pinnā |
Genitive | *pinnas | *pinnō |
Dative | *pinnē | *pinnum |
Instrumental | *pinnu | *pinnum |
Related terms
- *pinnā
- *pinni
- *pinnu
- *pinti
Descendants
- Old English: pinn
- Middle English: pinne, pin
- English: pin
- Scots: pinne, pin
- Middle English: pinne, pin
- Old Frisian: *pinn, *pin
- Saterland Frisian: Pin
- West Frisian: pin
- Old Saxon: pinn, pin
- Middle Low German: pin
- German Low German: Pinn (merged with descendant of *pinnā)
- → German: Pinn
- → Old Norse: pinni, pinnr
- Icelandic: pinni
- Norwegian: pinne
- Swedish: pinne
- Danish: pind
- German Low German: Pinn (merged with descendant of *pinnā)
- Middle Low German: pin
- Old Dutch: *pinn, *pin
- Middle Dutch: pin
- Dutch: pin (merged with descendant of *pinnā)
- Middle Dutch: pin
- Old High German: pfin, phin