Where does “pijnboompit” come from?

pijnboompit (Dutch) comes from Dutch pit, from English pit, from Middle English pit, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

pijnboompit (Dutch): pine nut

Definitions

  1. pine nut

Ancestry of “pijnboompit”, step by step

pijnboompit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch pit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchpitA seed inside a fruit; wick; burner
2EnglishpitA hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...
3Middle Englishpit—
4Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
5Proto-West Germanicputiwell
6Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
7Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

via Dutch pijnboom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchpijnboomA pine, conifere of the genus "Pinus"
2Middle Dutchpijnboom—
Every word from Latin -al →