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
- A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post...
Ancestry of “trink”, step by step
trink traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French trenche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | trenche | trench; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 4 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 5 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 6 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 7 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 8 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
via Middle English trynk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | trynk | — |