pinn

Pronunciation: /pinn/

“pinn” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

pin; peg
an instrument of writing; pen

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).

More Old English words

pinca
pinere
pinhnutu
pinian
pinne
pinness
pinsian
pintel

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