Zink

Meaning

Concepts

Frequency

Zürich

zink

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/tsɪŋk/

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with German

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Icelandic

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”).