English
fivepin
five + pin
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Germanic *fimf
Proto-West Germanic *fimf
Old English fīf
Middle English fyf
English five
Proto-Indo-European *bend- ‘protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge’
Proto-Germanic *pinnaz
Proto-West Germanic *pinn ‘pin, nail’
Old English pinn ‘pin, peg, bolt’
Middle English pinne
English pin
Today it means
noun Any of the bottle-shaped targets with rubber rings around them that are used in fivepin bowling.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fivepin