Etymology

tink

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Today it means: To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise. Full definition →

Middle English tinken ← Old English *tincian
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tink · verb, noun1

  1. Old English · inherited from*tincian
  2. Middle English · derived fromtinken
  3. English todaytink

From Middle English tinken, possibly from Old English *tincian, equivalent to tin + -k. Compare Dutch tinken (“to tink, toll, strike the bells of a clock”), German Low German tinken (“to tink”). Compare also English ting.

tink · verb2

knit spelled backwards.

tink · noun3

Shortened from tinker.

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