Where does “pingen” come from?

pingen (Middle English) comes from Old English pyngan, from Latin pungere, from Proto-Italic pungō, from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.

pingen (Middle English): to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge,...

Definitions

  1. to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge,...

Ancestry of “pingen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpynganto prick
2Latinpungeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Proto-Italicpungōto prick, to sting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpewǵ-to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab

Words derived from “pingen”

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