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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pinnā

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; often cited as being borrowed from Medieval Latin pinna,[1][2][3][4] however the attestation of the meaning of “peg, pin, bolt” is late. Alternatively, an alteration of *finnā (“fin”), itself cognate with Latin pinna, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyh₂-.[5]

Noun

*pinnā f

  1. peg, pin, bolt

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *pinnā
Genitive *pinnōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *pinnā *pinnōn
Accusative *pinnōn *pinnōn
Genitive *pinnōn *pinnōnō
Dative *pinnōn *pinnōm, *pinnum
Instrumental *pinnōn *pinnōm, *pinnum

Alternative reconstructions
  • *pinnu m

Descendants
  • Old English: pinn ?
    • Middle English: pinne, pin
  • Old Frisian: pinne m or f
    • Saterland Frisian: Pin m
    • West Frisian: pin m or f
  • Old Saxon: *pinna f, pinn, pin m
  • Old Dutch: *pinna f, *pinn m
  • Old High German: pinna f, pfin m
    • Middle High German: pfinne f
    • ⇒ Old High German: zitarpfin

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Pinne”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 547
  2. Holthausen, Ferdinand (1954) “pinn”, in Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), Cologne: Böhlau Verlag, page 58: “lat. pinna”
  3. de Vries, Jan (1971) “pen 2, pin”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  4. Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “pinn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  5. Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (2017) “pfin”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), volume VI: mâda - pûzza, Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 1425
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