chyne

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English ċine, ċinu, from Proto-West Germanic *kinu, from Proto-Germanic *kinō. ==== Alternative forms ==== chene, cheyne, chine, chyn, chynne ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃin(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːn(ə)/ (with open-syllable lengthening) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːn(ə)/ (influenced by chynen) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ̞ːn(ə)/ (from *ċeonu) ==== Noun ==== chyne (plural chynes) crack (point of breakage) fissure, chasm (pathology) opening (of an injury or wound) ===== Descendants ===== English: chine (chink) Scots: chin, chun ===== References ===== === 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) The spine; the backbone. (by extension) The back. 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 (Northern) alternative form of cheyne === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== chyne (Northern) alternative form of cheynen === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== chyne alternative form of chynen