peni
Middle English
/pɛniː/
noun
Definitions
- A penny or other silver coin (including ancient coins), or the weight corresponding to that coin.
- Money or coinage in general, especially that with little value.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English penniġ.
Origin
Old English
penniġ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- catchpenny English
- eighteenpenny English
- eightpenny English
- elevenpenny English
- fifteenpenny English
- fivepenny English
- fortypenny English
- fourpenny English
- fourteenpenny English
- half English
- halfpenny English
- lickpenny English
- megapenny English
- ninepenny English
- pennied English
- penniless English
- penny English
- penny ante English
- penny university English
- penny-ante English
- penny-wise English
- pennycress English
- pennyweight English
- pennywhistle English
- pennywise English
- pennywort English
- pennyworth English
- pickpenny English
- pinchpenny English
- pitchpenny English
- sevenpenny English
- sixpenny English
- sixteenpenny English
- tenpenny English
- thirteenpenny English
- thirtypenny English
- threepenny English
- twalpenny English
- twelvepenny English
- twentypenny English
- twopenny English
- penny French
- пенни Russian
- *panningaz Proto-Germanic
- ペニー Japanese
- halpenige Old English
- penning Old English
- penningmangere Old English
- penniġ Old English
- half Middle English
- halpeni Middle English
- halpeni, halpenī Middle English
- penningr Old Norse
- penni Norman
- pénîn Norman
- penning Old Saxon
- peni Swahili