Re: Etymology for Pfennig

> > In any case the Scandinavian terms certainly aren't from
> > German <pfennig>, or even OHG <pfenning>; if they're
> > borrowed rather than inherited, the source would appear to
> > be OE <pen(n)ing> or the like
>
>such as Low German, which has supplied many words in the Scandinavian
>languages

Low German Beispiel:
http://private.addcom.de/plattgaarn/geldsend.htm

<Pfenning> seems to co-exist dialectally (I don't know exactly), and
as surname: <Pfenning> or <Pfennings>.

> >, and definitely not High German.

In order to be High German, it should contain the <pf->.

>Danish 'penge', Norwegian 'penger' and Swedish 'pengar' are plurals,
>short for 'penninge' etc. It takes some getting used to that 'money'
>is usually singular in other languages. Swedish still
>has 'handpenning' for "down payment".

Is then this the etymology for the Hungarian national currency in
the 40s? <pengö> ['pän-gö:]

>Torsten

George