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

Inflection

a-stem

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pint
Genitive	*pintas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pint	pintō, pintōs
Accusative	*pint	*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)