Etymology

rind

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Today it means: Tree bark. Full definition →

Middle English rind ← Old English rind ← Proto-West Germanic *rindā
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rind · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*rem-“to come to rest, support or prop oneself”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rindō
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*rindā
  4. Old English · inherited fromrind
  5. Middle English · inherited fromrind
  6. English todayrind

From Middle English rind, rinde, from Old English rind and rinde (“treebark, crust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rindā, from Proto-Germanic *rindō, *rindǭ (“crust, rind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, support or prop oneself”). Cognate with German Rinde (“bark, rind”). Related to English rand.

rind · noun2

Cognate with Flemish rijne, Low German ryn.

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