English
tine
Tine comes from Old English tind ‘a point or prong on a weapon or implement’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts ‘tooth, peg’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃dénts‘tooth, peg’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*tindreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tind‘a point or prong on a weapon or implement’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tinde
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500tinealteration of tinde
- Englishearliest quotation 1819tine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃dénts‘tooth, peg’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*tindreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tind‘a point or prong on a weapon or implement’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tinde
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500tinealteration of tinde
- Englishearliest quotation 1819tine
Earliest quotation: 1819, Walter Scott: “I answer not the challenge of my prisoner,” said…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts ‘tooth, peg’
Today it means
noun A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts / tine