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pennig
noun
pennig
- coin
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Etymology
This is Early Noldorin panthig (PE13:124) imported into later Sindarin with the appropriate sound changes. It is formed from pant 'money' with the singulative suffix -ig.
Note the similarity to English penny (Old English peni(n)g), Dutch penning, German Pfennig and so on.
Attested Analogues
EN panthig 'coin' (PE13:124)
Alternatives
S. mirian and canath (PM:45) are specific coins from Gondor.
Creator
Roman Rausch
ns/pennig.txt · Last modified: 2014/07/28 09:25 by atwe
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