Pink

(Engels)

Name

A surname.

Noun

An operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Frans: pinson

In summary

* As an English surname, from Old English pinca (“chaffinch”). This would not be a native Germanic inheritance as the expected form would be finc, thus probably borrowed or contaminated from Vulgar Latin *pincio (see French pinson) and its related parallels.
* Also as an English surname, from rare Middle English pink (“something small”), presumably related to pinkie.
* As a German occupational surname for a blacksmith, from imitative pink(e)pank, after the sound of hammering.
* As a Lower Sorbian surname, variant of Pjeńk, see Penk.

Concepten

Pink

Zinnen

Pink foam floated gently through the air , landing on the parked vehicles .

Roze schuim zweefde zachtjes door de lucht en landde op de geparkeerde voertuigen.