Nonmerged participants imitated the PIN-PEN merger, and the degree of imitation varied depending on the experimental condition. The merged voice elicited more imitation when it was presented without a talker photo or with the black talker photo than with the white talker photo. No effect of ...
De Vaan and Watkins say Latinpinnais a derivative ofpenna, literally "feather" (seepen(n.1)); older theories regardedpinnaas a separate word from a root meaning "sharp point." The Latin word also was borrowed in Celtic: Irishpinne"a pin, peg, spigot;" Welshpin"a pin, pen." ...