*preunaz

Runic: ᛈᚱᛖᚢᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈpreu̯.nɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. knitting needle
  2. pin

Etymology

Possibly from earlier *preuhmô, genitive *preuhnaz, from *bréuk-mō, *bréuk-(m)n-os, from Proto-Indo-European *brewk-, related to Bulgarian бръсна (brǎsna, ‘to shave’), Lithuanian brukti (‘to prod’).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *brewn-, related to Lithuanian briaunà (‘edge’), Albanian brez (‘belt, girdle’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.preunazpreunōz, preunōs
Acc.preunąpreunanz
Gen.preunas, priunispreunǫ̂
Dat.preunaipreunamaz
Inst.preunōpreunamiz
Voc.preunpreunōz, preunōs

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Descendants

  • prēon (Old English)
    • pirn (English)
      • preen (Scots)
  • prēon (Old English)
    • pren (Middle English)
      • preen (English)
  • ? (Old Saxon)
    • ? (Middle Low German)
      • Preem (Low German)
  • ? (Old Dutch)
    • priem (Middle Dutch)
      • priem (Dutch)
        • priem (Afrikaans)
  • ? (Old High German)
    • pfrieme (Middle High German)
      • Pfriem (German)
  • prjónn (Old Norse)
    • pryne (Danish)
    • prónur (Faroese)
    • prjónn (Icelandic)
    • pjone (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • pjone, pjona (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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