tine

(Engels)

Noun

1. A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
2. A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.
3. (dialectal) A wild vetch or tare.

Adj

small, diminutive

Verb

1. (obsolete) To kindle; to set on fire.
2. (obsolete) To rage; to smart.

Verb

To shut in, or enclose.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/taɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: tine

Geërf van Middle English: tinde

Geërf van Old English: tind

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: Tiende

Verwante met Duits: Zind

Verwante met Engels: tind

Verwante met Duits: Zinne

Geërf van Middle English: tynen

Geërf van Old English: tȳnan

In summary

From Middle English tine, alteration of Middle English tinde, tind, from Old English tind, from Proto-West Germanic *tind, Proto-Germanic *tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, peg”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tiende, Tiene (“prong, tine”), German Zind, Zint (“prong”). Compare also the related English tind and German Zinne.

Sinonieme

prong

barb

fork

point

spike

tooth

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tip

gore

peak

pike

piton

aculeus

prod

cog

quill

score

shaft

shot

acantha

spine

sticker

tab

thorn

cotter pin

dentate

finger

fix