preen
English
/pɹiːn/
noun
Definitions
- A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
- dialectal pin
- dialectal bodkin; brooch
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pren inherited from Old English prēon (brooch needle, pin) inherited from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (knitting needle, pin) derived from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (edge, protrusion, tip) inherited from Middle English prenen.
Origin
Middle English
prenen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allopreen English
- outpreen English
- preener English
- brandeum Latin
- *brewn- Proto-Indo-European
- *preumaz Proto-Germanic
- *preunaz Proto-Germanic
- preon Old English
- prēon Old English
- pren Middle English
- prenen Middle English
- prjónn Old Norse
- matarprjónn Icelandic
- prjónn Icelandic
- brâu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *bren Albanian
- brez Albanian
- preen Scots
- *breuna Proto-Albanian