tine
English
/taɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
- A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.
- (dialect) A wild vetch or tare.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tine, tinde inherited from Old English tind (prong, tine, spike, tooth, peg) inherited from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (prong, pinnacle).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tindaz
Gloss
prong, pinnacle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betine English
- tind English
- tined English
- tiny English
- Schwalbenschwanzzinne German
- Zinne German
- *(e)dont- Proto-Indo-European
- *tindaz Proto-Germanic
- *tinduz Proto-Germanic
- tind Old English
- betinen Middle English
- tenden Middle English
- tinde Middle English
- tine Middle English
- tindr Old Norse
- zinko Old High German
- zinne Middle High German