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.

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.

*pinti m

1. peak
2. spike
3. penis

• *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)

• 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”)