Etymology

Equivalent to pekelen ‎(“to brine”) +‎ zonde ‎(“sin”). The first part of the compound is a folketymological interpretation of Latin peccatillum ‎(“minor sin”), the diminutive of Latin peccatum ‎(“sin, error, fault”), from Latin peccō ‎(“I sin, offend”), from Proto-Indo-European verbal root *ped- ‎(“to walk, fall, stumble”).

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