pine tree

The story

1. Old English · inherited frompīntrēow“pine tree”
2. Middle English · inherited frompine tre
3. English todaypine tree

From Middle English pine tre, pynetre, pyne tree, pyn-tree, pintreow, from Old English pīntrēow (“pine tree”), also as pīnbēam (“pine tree”, literally “pine-beam”), equivalent to pine + tree. Compare West Frisian pynbeam (“pinetree”), Dutch pijnboom (“pine tree”).