penis

Oznaczający (Angielski)

(archaic, declension-3) tail
(declension-3) penis (male sexual organ)
(declension-3, figuratively) lust

penis

prącie

kutas

chuj

pyta

członek

ogon

huj

wał

fallus

buc

pisior

sirit

sopitio

mutonium

kontol

purusa

πέος

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

[ˈpeː.nɪs]

Traditionally compared with Ancient Greek πέος (péos), Sanskrit पसस् (pásas), Old English fæsl (“offspring”) and derived from Proto-Italic *peznis, from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s, from *pes- (“penis”). De Vaan is skeptical of this in view of the attested chronology of the word's semantics, where “tail” is older than “penis”, which also aligns with the expected semantic development of such a word (compare e.g. Old Armenian ձետ (jet, “tail”) > Middle Armenian ձետ (jet, “penis”)); the reverse development is less likely. Instead, he reconstructs a Proto-Italic form *petsnis (“tail”) and connects the word to penna (“wing, feather”).