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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">the thread of the woof, wound around the bobbin; woof</b> (E., AP); <b class="b3">πῆνος ὕφασμα</b> H.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">πηνίον</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">παν-</b>, n. <b class="b2">spool with the thread reeled around it</b> (Ψ 762, Thphr., AP ), also metaph. of a kind of puppet (Ar. Fr. 377, Arist.); <b class="b3">Πηνῖτις</b> (<b class="b3">Παν-</b>), <b class="b3">-ίτιδος</b> f. "weaveress", surn. of Athena (Ael., AP), <b class="b3">Πανίτης</b> m. name of a Messenian (Hdt.; Redard 193 a. 211). Denominat. <b class="b3">πηνίζομαι</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">πανί-σδομαι</b> (Theoc.), also w. <b class="b3">ἀνα-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b2">to reel, to reel off, from</b> (com., Arist., Thphr.) with <b class="b3">πήνισμα</b> n. <b class="b2">reeled wool</b> (Ar. Ra. 1315 [parody of A. ], AP.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [788] <b class="b2">*pan</b>, <b class="b2">pan-</b> <b class="b2">something woven</b> ([[a]] from <b class="b2">*o</b> or <b class="b2">*h₂</b>?)<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">πήνη</b>, <b class="b3">πῆνος</b> are compared since Curtius and Fick some Lat. and Germ. words for <b class="b2">(piece of) cloth, piece</b>: Lat. [[pannus]] (<b class="b2">-nn-</b> expressive?), Goth. OE [[fana]], OHG [[fano]] m., NHG [[Fahne]], all with IE [[a]] (Germ. also IE [[o]]) against [[ā]] in <b class="b3">πήνη</b>. As already the relations between [[pannus]] and the Germ. ords because of the form has been doubted (Ernout-Meillet), the connection with <b class="b3">πήνη</b> because of the also deviating meaning seems still more doubtful. Further connection with the verb for [[spin]] (s. [[πένομαι]]) is also quite hypothetic. -- Rich lit. and numerous details in WP. 2, 5, Pok. 788, W.-Hofmann s. [[pannus]]; cf. also Vasmer Russ.et.Wb. s. <b class="b2">opóna</b>.

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