Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pint(i)

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

*pint(i) m

1. peak
2. spike
3. (anatomy) penis

Inflection

a-stem

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pint(a)
Genitive	*pintas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pint(a)	*pintōs
Accusative	*pint(a)	*pintā
Genitive	*pintas	*pintō
Dative	*pintē	*pintum
Instrumental	*pintu	*pintum

i-stem

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

Descendants

• ⇒ Old English: pintel
  • Middle English: pyntel, pintel, pintell, pintil, pintile, pyntell, pyntelle, pyntill, pyntul, pyntyl, pyntyle, pyntyll
    • English: pintle
    • Scots: pintle
• Old Frisian: pint
  • North Frisian: pint
  • Saterland Frisian: Pint
  • West Frisian: pyt
• Old Saxon: *pint
  • Middle Low German: pint, pitt, pitte
    • German Low German: Pint
    • → Middle High German: pint
      • German: Pint
    • → Old Danish: pint, pit
      • Danish: pit (dialectal)
    • → Swedish: pitt, pit (dialectal)
  • ⇒ 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)