Where does “peny” come from?

peny (Haitian Creole) comes from French peigne, from Old French peigne, from Latin pecten, from Proto-Italic pekten, from Proto-Indo-European peḱten-s, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

peny (Haitian Creole): comb

Definitions

  1. comb

Ancestry of “peny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpeignecomb; first-person singular present indicative of...
2Old Frenchpeignecomb
3Latinpectencomb; pubic hair; scallop
4Proto-Italicpektencomb
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱten-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →