Where does “penisbeen” come from?
penisbeen (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans been, from Dutch been, from Dutch scheenbeen, from Dutch scheen, from Middle Dutch schene, from Old Dutch skina, from Proto-West Germanic skinu, from Proto-Germanic skinō — to cut, cut off, sever.
penisbeen (Afrikaans): baculum
Ancestry of “penisbeen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | been | leg; bone |
| 2 | Dutch | been | leg, limb of a person, horse and certain... |
| 3 | Dutch | scheenbeen | A tibia; A shin, the front of a vertebrate leg... |
| 4 | Dutch | scheen | shin; strip of wood or metal |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | schene | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | skina | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | skinu | bar, track; shin, spine |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skinō | plate; rim; piece; shinbone |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |