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Old English · noun

pinca

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈpin.kɑ/
[ˈpiŋ.kɑ]
Syllables
ˈpin · kɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
peak

Meaning

  1. peak

  2. point

Declension

Declension of pinca
SingularPlural
Nominative pincapincan
Accusative pincanpincan
Genitive pincanpincena
Dative pincanpincum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pinkō, from Proto-Germanic *pinkô, a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *pīkô, *pīkaz (“peak, summit, point”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian pink (“summit, peak”), Dutch pink (“little finger, pinkie”), German Low German Pink (“penis”). Alternatively, from a suffixed variant of Proto-Germanic *pinnaz (“pin”).

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