chynen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === chine, chyne === Etymology === From Old English ċīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kīnan, from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną. Forms with /i/ are influenced by chyne (“crack”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːnən/, /ˈt͡ʃinən/ === Verb === chynen To fissure or split; to break apart. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: chine (obsolete) Scots: chime, chun ==== References ==== “chīnen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.