Where does “pensel” come from?

pensel (Swedish) comes from Old French pincil, from Latin pēniculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

pensel (Swedish): paintbrush

Definitions

  1. paintbrush

Ancestry of “pensel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpincil—
2Latinpēniculus—
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “pensel”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin pēniculus →