Where does “pin” come from?

Pin comes from Old English pinn, from Proto-Germanic pinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bend-, meaning to bend or curve.

pin (English): A needle without an eye made of drawn-out steel...

Definitions

  1. A needle without an eye made of drawn-out steel...

Ancestry of “pin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpinne—
2Old Englishpinnpin; peg; an instrument of writing; pen
3Proto-Germanicpinnazpin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbend-point, pin; peg, tip, protruding point, edge;...

Words derived from “pin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bend- →