From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ. Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder ("tinder"), Dutch tonder ("tinder"), German zünden ("to kindle"), Swedish tända ("to light, to set on fire"). More at tind.
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