peng
Albanian
noun
Definitions
- mortgage, guarantee, guaranty
- hostage, pledge
- obstacle, hindrance, hurdle
- ransom
- (chess) pawn
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Albanian *pangi borrowed from Latin pignus (a bet).
Origin
Latin
pignus
Gloss
a bet
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pignistic English
- pignus English
- pignus Latin
- Feuer fangen German
- Unterfangen German
- abfangen German
- anfangen German
- auffangen German
- befangen German
- empfangen German
- fangen German
- fangfrisch German
- verfangen German
- pegno Italian
- peño Spanish, Castilian
- *peyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *fangą Proto-Germanic
- andfang Old English
- fang Old English
- healsfang Old English
- *pangi Proto-Albanian