Zink

Bedeutung (English)

zinc

Synonyms

Zn

Kornett

Zinke

Dialekte

Zürich

zink

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/tsɪŋk/

Etymologie (English)

Cognate with Niederländisch: tinne

Cognate with Deutsch: Zinne

Cognate with Dänisch: tinde

Cognate with Schwedisch: tinne

Cognate with Isländisch: tindur

In summary

Probably related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Old High German zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”).
Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”).