spini
Faroese
/ˈspiːnɪ/
noun
Definitions
- teat
- penis
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse speni (teat) inherited from Proto-Germanic *spenô (nipple) derived from Proto-Indo-European *psten-os-, *pstḗn (teat, nipple, breast).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pstḗn
Gloss
teat, nipple, breast
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *pistanna Latin
- speen Dutch, Flemish
- παρθένος Ancient Greek
- στήνιον Ancient Greek
- *psten-os- Proto-Indo-European
- *pstḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *spenô Proto-Germanic
- spane Old English
- speni Old Norse
- speni Icelandic
- պստիկ Armenian
- *sɸenyos Proto-Celtic
- *pstánas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- spenys Lithuanian
- pystʾn' Middle Persian
- päścane Tocharian B