Where does “ipayina” come from?

ipayina (Xhosa) comes from English pine, from Middle English pyne, from Old English pine, from Proto-Germanic *pīnā.

ipayina (Xhosa): pineapple

Definitions

  1. pineapple

Ancestry of “ipayina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpineAny coniferous tree of the genus "Pinus"; Any...
2Middle EnglishpyneA painful punishment; torture
3Old Englishpine—
4Proto-Germanic*pīnā—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *pīnā →Every word from Old English pine →Every word from Middle English pyne →