Pannikin
/ˈpæn.ɪ.kɪn/noun
A small pan, cup, or metal drinking vessel.
Did you know?Pannikin is built with the diminutive suffix -kin, a Germanic ending that turns ordinary words into “little” versions of themselves, the same family that gave English words like lambkin and manikin.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kwet-
“to cook, to boil”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*pannǭ
“a pan or shallow vessel”
Old English
OE
panne
“a pan, frying pan, vessel for cooking”
Middle English
ME
pannekin
“a little pan or small vessel”
Modern English
English
pannikin
“a small pan, cup, or drinking vessel”