英语词汇tine的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	tine
词源	tine n. mid-14c., from Old English tind "spike, beak, prong, tooth of a fork," a general Germanic word (compare Old High German zint "sharp point, spike," Old Norse tindr "tine, point, top, summit," German Zinne "pinnacle"), of unknown origin (see zinc). Entries linking to tine zinc n. 1650s, zinke, from German Zink, perhaps related to Zinke "prong, point;" said to have been used first by Paracelsus (c. 1526) on analogy of the form of its crystals after smelting. Zinke is from Old High German zint "a point, jag," from Proto-Germanic teng- "tine" (source also of Old Norse tindr "point, top, summit," Old English tind "prong, spike"), from PIE denk- "to bite." Spelling with -c- is from 1813, from French influence. tiny adj. 1590s, from tyne "very small" (c. 1400, perhaps from tine) + -y (2). updated on February 09, 2014
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