Re: Etymology for Pfennig

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
wrote:

> I seem to remember that "penny", like "plow" and "path", are
> mysterious words supposedly picked up in early Germanic from some
> unknown central European I.E. language (Iranic?) that had not
> undergone the p --> f shift.
> I'll try to find a reference.

Neither did Nordwestblock, according to Kuhn.

Torsten