flynt
Middle English
/flint/
noun
Definitions
- Any of a group of (mostly igneous) solid stones, especially flint.
- A rock or boulder of such stone.
- A cobblestone path.
- A flintstone; a piece of flint used as a firestarter.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English flint inherited from Proto-Germanic *flintaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*flintaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flint English
- flinthead English
- flintify English
- flintknapper English
- flintknapping English
- flintlike English
- flintlock English
- flintstone English
- flintware English
- flintwood English
- flinty English
- gunflint English
- nonflint English
- *splind- Proto-Indo-European
- *flintaz Proto-Germanic
- flint Old English
- flynt ston Middle English
- stone Middle English
- Flint Cebuano
- flindra Norwegian