Old English · noun

pinn

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong i-stem
Verb class: a-stem
IPA: /pinn/
[pin]
Syllables: pinn (1 syllable)
Modern English: pin peg pen writing

Meaning

pin; peg
an instrument of writing; pen

Declension

Declension of pinn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pinn	pinnas
Accusative	pinn	pinnas
Genitive	pinnes	pinna
Dative	pinne	pinnum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *pinn, *pint, from Proto-Germanic *pinniz, *pinnaz, *pintiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bendn-, *bend- (“to protrude, jut out; peak”). Cognate with Old Saxon pinn, pin (“pin; peg”), Old High German pfin, phin (“peg, pin, nail”), Middle Low German pinne (“small, long, pointed object”) (whence also late Old Norse pinni).

Descendants

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