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

cow, bovine

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

rent
runt

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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