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Where does “trink” come from?

trink (English) comes from Old French trenche, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī.

trink (English): A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post...

Definitions

  1. A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post...

Ancestry of “trink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrenchetrench; first-person singular present indicative...
2Old Frenchtrenchierto cut
3Vulgar Latintrinicarecut into three parts; cut in three parts
4Latintrininominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive...
5Latintresthree; 3
6EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
7Middle Englishthrethree
8Old Englishþrī—
9Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
10Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
11Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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