tinder

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.

Verb

To set fire to; torch.

Concetti

esca

sinonimi

touchwood

kindling

punk

spunk

amadou

wick

fuze

german tinder

igniter

kapok

lighter

mantle

paper

primer

priming

taper

touch wood

agaragar

fusse

brand

filament

firelighter

fungus

fuse

Traduzioni

amadou

tondel

Zunder

tonder

yesca

zwam

tonderzwam

φυτίλι

kav

προσάναμα

esporra

amadouvier

esca

fomes

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtɪn.də/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: tinder

Ereditato da inglese antico: tynder

Affine saterfriesisch: Tunder

Affine olandese: tonder

Affine tedesco: Zunder

Affine svedese: tända

In summary

From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German Zunder (“tinder”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind.