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pinnur
Faroese
noun
Definitions
pin, skewer
watch hands
match (to make fire)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse pinni (a pin).
Origin
Old Norse
pinni
Gloss
a pin
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
Cognates
pinne
Norwegian Bokmål
*penn-
Proto-Germanic
pinne
Swedish
pinne
Norwegian Nynorsk
pinni
Old Norse
kræftpind
Danish
pind
Danish
pindsvin
Danish
slikkepind
Danish
strikkepind
Danish
vatpind
Danish
pinni
Icelandic
svávul
Faroese
svávulpinnur
Faroese
pin
Middle Low German
pinne
Middle Low German
Derived Terms
svávul
svávulpinnur