rint
Middle Dutch
Etymology
A partial merger of two different, but related and probably synonymous words:
- rint from Old Dutch *rind, from Proto-Germanic *hrinþaz
- runt from Old Dutch *rund, from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz
In the coastal dialects, unrounding of runt also resulted in rint.
Noun
rint n
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Dutch: rund
- Limburgish: röndj
Further reading
- “rint”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “rint”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
- “runt (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
West Frisian
Verb
rint
- third-person singular present of rinne
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