Etymology

From Old High German zint ‎(“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz ‎(“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- ‎(“tooth, projection”), see also 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”).

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