Etymograph

English

Zink

Zink comes from Proto-Germanic *tindaz ‘peak, spike, tooth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃dénts‘peg, tooth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tindaz‘peak, spike, tooth’reconstructed
  3. EnglishtodayZink

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃dénts‘peg, tooth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tindaz‘peak, spike, tooth’reconstructed
  3. EnglishtodayZink

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts ‘peg, tooth’

dentist, tine, 3 more

through Proto-Germanic *tindaz ‘peak, spike, tooth’

zinc, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts / Zink

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