penis English · revision 13201

− It is [[bor|la|pēnis|t=tail; penis]], earlier *pesnis,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) perhaps through French pénis,^(Barnhart 1988) from PIE *pes-, usually said to have meant penis originally,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) source also of Greek [[m|grc|πέος|tr=péos]], Sanskrit [[m|sa|पसस्|tr=pásas]] and probably Old English fæsl, offspring.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) De Vaan argues from Latin pēnītus, having a tail, that tail was the original Latin meaning.^(Etymonline)