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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.
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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
pint(i) m
- peak
- spike
- (anatomy) penis
Inflection
- a-stem
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Singular
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*pint(a)
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| Genitive
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*pintas
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Singular
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Plural
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*pint(a)
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*pintōs
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| Accusative
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*pint(a)
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*pintā
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| Genitive
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*pintas
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*pintō
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| Dative
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*pintē
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*pintum
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| Instrumental
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*pintu
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*pintum
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- i-stem
| i-stem
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Singular
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*pinti
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*pintī
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*pinti
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*pintī
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| Accusative
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*pinti
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*pintī
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| Genitive
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*pintī
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*pintijō
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| Dative
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*pintī
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*pintim, *pintijum
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| Instrumental
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*pintī
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*pintim, *pintijum
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Descendants
- ⇒ Old English: pintel
- Middle English: pyntel, pintel, pintell, pintil, pintile, pyntell, pyntelle, pyntill, pyntul, pyntyl, pyntyle, pyntyll
- Old Frisian: pint
- North Frisian: pint
- Saterland Frisian: Pint
- West Frisian: pyt
- Old Saxon: *pint
- Middle Low German: pint, pitt, pitte
- ⇒ Old Saxon: *pintil
- →? Old Danish: pintel
- Danish: pintel
- →? Norwegian: pintol (dialectal)
- Old Dutch: *pint, *pīt
- Middle Dutch: *pint, *piet, *pijt
- Dutch: piet (possibly from Middle Low German)
- West Flemish: pint, piet (possibly from Middle Low German)