tinder

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

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

Verb

To set fire to; torch.

Hevwate

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

Werger

amadou

tondel

tonder

Zunder

yesca

zwam

tonderzwam

kav

φυτίλι

προσάναμα

amadouvier

esporra

fomes

esca

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈtɪn.də/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: tinder

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: tynder

Hevwate bi Saterfriesisch: Tunder

Hevwate bi holendî: tonder

Hevwate bi almanî: Zunder

Hevwate bi swêdî: 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.