Etymology

pannikin

P3A1N1N1I1K5I1N1

Today it means: A durable cup or other vessel used for drinking made of metal and coated in enamel. Full definition →

English pan ← Middle English panne ← Old English panne
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
  2. Latinpatina?
  3. Latinpannabor.?
  4. Proto-Germanic*pannǭ
  5. Proto-West Germanic*pannā
  6. Old Englishpanne
  7. Middle Englishpanne
  8. Englishpan
  9. English todaypannikin

From pan + -ikin.

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