pintel
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Noun edit
pintel (plural pintels)
- Alternative spelling of pintle
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Middle English edit
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pintel
- Alternative form of pyntel
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Etymology edit
A diminutive form of Germanic *pintia-, from Proto-Germanic *pint- (“protrusion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bendʰn- (“peg, tip, protruding point, edge”), equivalent to modern English pin + -le. Cognate with Old Frisian pint, Middle Low German pint.
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