Zink

• As a German surname, from an obsolete derivative of Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peak, spike, tooth”).
• As a surname derived from various Romance languages, from Jacinctus, derived from the saint's name Hyacinthus. Comparable to Spanish Jacinto, Italian Giacinto.

Zink

1. A surname.

• IPA^(key): /tsɪŋk/

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Probably related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Old High German zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tinduz, *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”).

Cognate with Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”).

Zink n (strong, genitive Zinkes or Zinks, no plural)

1. zinc

   Alternative form: Zn

   Synonym: (obsolete) Zincum

• (chemical element): Previous: Kupfer. Next: Gallium

• Zinksarg

Probably from Zinke.

Zink m (mixed, genitive Zinks or Zinkes, plural Zinken)

1. cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods)

• Zink on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Zink” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zink (Metall, Element)” in Duden online
• “Zink (Blasinstrument)” in Duden online
• “Zink” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

From German Zink.

• IPA^(key): /t͡siŋk/

Zink n

1. zinc

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary