peg

Origin: From , from , from , *pegg-, from , peg, stake, from , club, pointed stick, peg. Cognate with dialectal pin, , peg, stick with a point, , , , , , , , . Related to beak. This is one of the very few English words that begin with a p and come from Proto-Germanic. Proto-Germanic *p, when not in a consonant cluster beginning with *s, developed by Grimm's law from the Proto-Indo-European consonant *b, which was very rare. (To indicate or ascribe an attribute to): Assumed to originate from the use of pegs or pins as markers on a bulletin board or a list. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).