Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pinn

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

From Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, of obscure origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bendno-, from *bend- (“to jut, protrude, stick out; peak”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”).

Noun

*pinn m

pin, nail
peg

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pinn(a)
Genitive	*pinnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pinn(a)	*pinnōs
Accusative	*pinn(a)	*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
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
    - Faroese: pinnur
    - Norwegian: pinne
    - Swedish: pinne
    - Danish: pind
Old Dutch: *pinn, *pin
- Middle Dutch: pin
  - Dutch: pin (merged with descendant of *pinnā)
Old High German: pfin, phin