Where does “pīn” come from?

pīn (Old English) comes from Latin pīnus, from Proto-Indo-European poi- — sap, juice.

pīn (Old English): pain

Definitions

  1. pain

Ancestry of “pīn”, step by step

pīn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pīnus

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

via Proto-West Germanic *pīnā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*pīnāpine tree
2Latinpēna—

Words derived from “pīn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European poi- →Every word from Latin pīnus →