dint

dint · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰen-“to strike, hit”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*duntiz“a blow”
3. Old English · inherited fromdynt“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud”
4. Middle English · inherited fromdint
5. English todaydint

From Middle English dint, dent, dünt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to strike, hit”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt, Icelandic dyntr (“a dint”). Doublet of dent.

dint · verb²

1. Middle English · inherited fromdinten
2. English todaydint

From Middle English dinten, from the noun. Compare Old Norse dynta.

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