Where does “pennies” come from?
Pennies comes from Middle English peni, from Old English penning, from Proto-Germanic panningaz, a coin or monetary unit of ancient Germanic peoples.
pennies (English): plural of penny; An unspecified, but very small...
Definitions
- plural of penny; An unspecified, but very small...
Ancestry of “pennies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | penny | In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |