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.

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

*pinti m

1. peak
2. spike
3. penis

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• *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)

Descendants

• 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”)