tind

Meaning

Noun

• A prong or something projecting like a prong; an animal's horn; a branch or limb of a tree; a protruding arm.
• A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.

Origin

• From earlier tend, from Middle English tenden, teenden, from Old English tendan ("to kindle") (usually attested in compounds); related to Danish tænde, German zünden, Norwegian bokmål tenne. More at tend (sense 3).
• From Middle English tind, tynd, from Old English tind ("tine, prong, tooth"), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- ("tooth, projection"). Cognate with Dutch tinne ("battlement"), German Zinne ("pinnacle, battlement"), Danish tinde ("pinnacle, battlement"), Dutch tinne ("tooth of a rake"), Icelandic tindur ("spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement"). Cf. the related tine. Also more distantly related to Dutch tand, English tooth.