brink

Dutch (Brabantic)

/brɪŋk/

noun
Definitions
  • village green, functioning as a central square
  • edge or margin of a field
  • edge or margin of a hill
  • grassy edge or margin of a strip of land
  • grassland

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch brinc inherited from Old Dutch brink inherited from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz (hill, edge).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*brinkaz

Gloss

hill, edge

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

端, 縁

Emoji

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