pintle

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bend-“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*pint-“protrusion”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*pint(i)
4. Old English · inherited frompintel“penis”
5. Middle English · inherited frompyntel
6. English todaypintle

From Middle English pyntel, from Old English pintel (“penis”), from Proto-West Germanic *pint(i), from Proto-Germanic *pint- (“protrusion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”), equivalent to pin + -le. Cognate with North Frisian pint (“male member, penis”), West Frisian pyt (“male member, penis”), Dutch piet (“penis”), German Low German and German Pint (“penis”), West Flemish pint, piet (“tip, spike, penis”), Danish pint, pintel (“penis”), Norwegian dialectal pintol (“penis”), dialectal Swedish pitt (“penis”). More at pin, pen.

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