brink
English
/bɹɪŋk/
noun
Definitions
- The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
- (figurative) The edge or border
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brinke derived from Old Norse *brenka derived from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz (hill, edge) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (project).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰren-
Gloss
project
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brinkmanship English
- brinksman English
- brink Dutch, Flemish
- brinkdorp Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰren- Proto-Indo-European
- *brinkaz Proto-Germanic
- brant Old English
- brinke Middle English
- *brenka Old Norse
- barmr Old Norse
- brant Old Norse
- brantr Old Norse
- brattr Old Norse
- brekka Old Norse
- brekka Icelandic
- brekkusnigill Icelandic
- brekkusóley Icelandic
- mannvitsbrekka Icelandic
- brinc Middle Dutch
- brink Old Dutch
- brink Middle Low German