Etymology

pfennig

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Today it means: One hundredth of the former German mark (Deutsche Mark). Full definition →

German Pfennig ← Middle High German pfennic ← Old High German pfending
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
  2. Latinpatina
  3. Latinpanna?
  4. Latinpannus?
  5. Proto-Germanic*panningaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*panning
  7. Old High Germanpfending
  8. Middle High Germanpfennic
  9. GermanPfennig
  10. English todaypfennig

From German Pfennig. Doublet of penny and fening.

Words from the same roots

GermanPfennig all →

fening

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.