brink

Meaning

Noun

• The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
• The edge or border.

Origin

• Middle English brinke, from Old Norse *brenka, brinka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz ("hill, edge (of land)"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- ("project"). Cognate with Dutch brink ("grassland"), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka ("slope"); also Tocharian B prenke ("island"), Irish braine ("prow").