FromMiddle Englishkinken,kynken, fromOld English*cincian (attested incincung), fromProto-West Germanic*kinkōn, fromProto-Germanic*kinkōną(“to laugh”), fromProto-Indo-European*gang-(“to mock, jeer, deride”), related toOld Englishcanc(“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate withDutchkinken(“to kink, cough”).
kink (third-person singular simple presentkinks,present participlekinking,simple past and past participlekinked)
kink (pluralkinks)
FromDutchkink(“a twist or curl in a rope”),[1] fromProto-Germanic*kenk-,*keng-(“to bend, turn”), fromProto-Indo-European*gengʰ-(“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). CompareMiddle Low Germankinke(“spiral screw, coil”),Old Norsekikna(“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”),Icelandickengur(“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related tokick.
kink (countable anduncountable,pluralkinks)
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kink (third-person singular simple presentkinks,present participlekinking,simple past and past participlekinked)
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FromMiddle Dutch*kinc.
kink f (pluralkinken,diminutivekinkje n)
FromLow Germanschenke.
kink (genitivekingi,partitivekinki)
| Declension ofkink (ÕS type22e/riik,k-g gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kink | kingid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kingi | ||
| genitive | kinkide | ||
| partitive | kinki | kinke kinkisid | |
| illative | kinki kingisse | kinkidesse kingesse | |
| inessive | kingis | kinkides kinges | |
| elative | kingist | kinkidest kingest | |
| allative | kingile | kinkidele kingele | |
| adessive | kingil | kinkidel kingel | |
| ablative | kingilt | kinkidelt kingelt | |
| translative | kingiks | kinkideks kingeks | |
| terminative | kingini | kinkideni | |
| essive | kingina | kinkidena | |
| abessive | kingita | kinkideta | |
| comitative | kingiga | kinkidega | |
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)Cognate to dialectalFinnishkenkku.
kink (genitivekingu,partitivekinku)
| Declension ofkink (ÕS type22e/riik,k-g gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kink | kingud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kingu | ||
| genitive | kinkude | ||
| partitive | kinku | kinke kinkusid | |
| illative | kinku kingusse | kinkudesse kingesse | |
| inessive | kingus | kinkudes kinges | |
| elative | kingust | kinkudest kingest | |
| allative | kingule | kinkudele kingele | |
| adessive | kingul | kinkudel kingel | |
| ablative | kingult | kinkudelt kingelt | |
| translative | kinguks | kinkudeks kingeks | |
| terminative | kinguni | kinkudeni | |
| essive | kinguna | kinkudena | |
| abessive | kinguta | kinkudeta | |
| comitative | kinguga | kinkudega | |
Fromki(“who”) +-nk(“our, of ours”,possessive suffix).
kink
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kink | — |
| accusative | kinket | — |
| dative | kinknek | — |
| instrumental | kinkkel | — |
| causal-final | kinkért | — |
| translative | kinkké | — |
| terminative | kinkig | — |
| essive-formal | kinkként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kinkben | — |
| superessive | kinken | — |
| adessive | kinknél | — |
| illative | kinkbe | — |
| sublative | kinkre | — |
| allative | kinkhez | — |
| elative | kinkből | — |
| delative | kinkről | — |
| ablative | kinktől | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | kinké | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | kinkéi | — |
A nasal form fromMiddle Englishkyken. Compare alsorobunkshough(“roebuck forest”).
kink (simple pastkinket)
