speen
Dutch (Brabantic)
/speːn/
noun
Definitions
- A teat, a nipple.
- A dummy, a pacifier.
- A nozzle for bottle-feeding.
- (archaic) A hemorrhoid.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch spene.
Origin
Middle Dutch
spene
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- spean English
- *pistanna Latin
- foppen Dutch, Flemish
- fopspeen Dutch, Flemish
- spenen Dutch, Flemish
- παρθένος Ancient Greek
- στήνιον Ancient Greek
- *psten-os- Proto-Indo-European
- *pstḗn Proto-Indo-European
- *spenô Proto-Germanic
- *spene Middle English
- պստիկ Armenian
- spene Middle Dutch
- *sɸenyos Proto-Celtic
- *pstánas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- spenys Lithuanian
- pystʾn' Middle Persian
- päścane Tocharian B