tine

Betekenis (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.

Sinonieme

prong

barb

fork

point

spike

tooth

🦷

tip

gore

peak

pike

piton

aculeus

prod

cog

quill

score

shaft

shot

acantha

spine

sticker

tab

thorn

cotter pin

dentate

finger

fix

Vertalings

rebbio

dent

🦷

fourchon

diente

🦷

Zinke

andouiller

punta

Sprosse

dişli

punta

Ende

🔚

dente

🦷

púa

tand

κλωνάρι

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.