Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pinti

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to Old Irish benn, bend (“point, peak, prong”), which postulates an Indo-European root *bendʰ- (“to project, protrude, jut; peak”), and thus a pre-Germanic *bendʰno-. Alternatively, perhaps connected with Latin pēnis (“tail, penis”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *faslaz (“offspring”), whence Old English fæsl, Old High German fasal, Old Norse fösull.

Noun

*pinti m

peak
spike
penis

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pinti
Genitive	*pintī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pinti	*pintī
Accusative	*pinti	*pintī
Genitive	*pintī	*pintijō
Dative	*pintī	*pintim
Instrumental	*pintī	*pintim

Derived terms

*pintil
- Old English: pintel
  - Middle English: pintel
    - English: pintle
    - Early Scots: pintill, pintil
      - Scots: pintle
- >? Old Saxon: *pintil
  - →? Old Danish: pintel
    - Danish: pintel
    - →? Norwegian: pintol (dialectal)

Descendants

Old Frisian: pint
- North Frisian: pint
Old Saxon: *pint
- Middle Low German: pint, pitte, pit
  - German Low German: Pint
  - →? West Frisian: pyt
  - → Middle High German: pint
  - → Swedish: pitt, pit (dialectal)
  - → Danish: pint
  - ⇒? Middle Low German: pāpenpint
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: rȫdenpint, reunpint
West Flemish: pint (“spike, peak”)