chyne

See also: chynę and Chýně

Middle English

Etymology 1

    From Old English ċine, ċinu, from Proto-West Germanic *kinu, from Proto-Germanic *kinō.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃin(ə)/
    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːn(ə)/ (with open-syllable lengthening)
    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːn(ə)/ (influenced by chynen)
    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ̞ːn(ə)/ (from *ċeonu)

    Noun

    chyne (plural chynes)

    1. crack (point of breakage)
    2. fissure, chasm
    3. (pathology) opening (of an injury or wound)
    Descendants
    • English: chine (chink)
    • Scots: chin, chun
    References

    Etymology 2

      From Old French eschine, from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Doublet of schyne (shin).

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːn(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃin(ə)/

      Noun

      chyne (plural chynes)

      1. The spine; the backbone.
      2. (by extension) The back.
      3. Meat cut from an animal's back.
      Descendants
      References

      Etymology 3

      Noun

      chyne

      1. (Northern) alternative form of cheyne

      Etymology 4

      Verb

      chyne

      1. (Northern) alternative form of cheynen

      Etymology 5

      Verb

      chyne

      1. alternative form of chynen