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English

Pink

Pink comes from Old English pinca ‘chaffinch’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *pīkô ‘peak, summit, point’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*pīkô‘peak, summit, point’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*pinkôreconstructednasalised variant of *pīkô
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*pinkōreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150pinca‘chaffinch’
  5. EnglishtodayPink

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*pīkô‘peak, summit, point’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*pinkôreconstructednasalised variant of *pīkô
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*pinkōreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150pinca‘chaffinch’
  5. EnglishtodayPink

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *pīkô

Today it means

name A surname.

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