pi-n-

    pi-n-

    English meaning: a piece of wood

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Holzstũck”

    Material: O.Ind. pínakü-m ‘staff, stick, club, mace, joint”; Gk. πίναξ, -ακος ‘sparre, balk, beam, board, Schreibtafel, Gemalde”; O.H.G. witu-fîna f., M.L.G. vîne “Holzhaufen”; O.C.S. pьnь m., Serb. pânj etc. “tree truck, -strunk”.

    References: WP. II 71; Vasmer 2, 335;

    See also: probably to spei- ‘sharp, spitzes bit of wood”.