chyne

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ċine, ċinu, from Proto-West Germanic *kinu, from Proto-Germanic *kinō. Forms with /iː/ are influenced by chynen.

Alternative forms

• chene, cheyne, chine, chyn, chynne

Pronunciation

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

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

• “chine, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• chine, chynne

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

• English: chine

References

• “chīne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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