Where does “pinnee” come from?

pinnee (English) comes from English PIN, from Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn, from Proto-Germanic pinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European bend- — point, pin; peg, tip, protruding point, edge;...

pinnee (English): The wrestler who is pinned

Definitions

  1. The wrestler who is pinned

Ancestry of “pinnee”, step by step

pinnee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English PIN

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPINAcronym of personal identification number;...
2Middle Englishpinne—
3Old Englishpinnpin; peg; an instrument of writing; pen
4Proto-Germanicpinnazpin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbend-point, pin; peg, tip, protruding point, edge;...

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bend- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pinnaz →Every word from Old English pinn →