Where does “pin” come from?

pin (Friulian) comes from Latin pīnus, from Proto-Indo-European poi- — sap, juice.

pin (Friulian): pine tree

Definitions

  1. pine tree

Ancestry of “pin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīnuspine tree, fir tree
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpoi-sap, juice
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