tind

tind · verb¹

1. Old English · derived fromtendan“to kindle”
2. Middle English · derived fromtenden
3. English todaytind

From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle”) (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3).

tind · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃dénts“tooth, projection”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*tindaz“prong, pinnacle”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*tind
4. Old English · inherited fromtind“tine, prong, tooth”
5. Middle English · inherited fromtind
6. English todaytind

From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.

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