tind

Meaning

Noun

1. A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
2. A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.

Verb

To ignite, kindle.

Etymology

From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind (“tine, prong, tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tind, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Dutch tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand (“tooth, tine”), English tooth.