| 1 | English | periwinkle | Any of several evergreen plants of the genus... |
| 2 | Middle English | pinewinkle | — |
| 3 | Old English | pīnewincle | — |
| 4 | Latin | pina | sea pen |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πίνη | pen shell; pearl shell, pearl |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τηρέω | to watch over, take care of, guard; to have an... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |