Given name & surname · also German
Zink
“peak, spike, tooth”
Zink is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a German surname, Zink goes back to Proto-Germanic *tindaz, meaning “peak, spike, tooth.”
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Where it comes from
As a German surname, it comes from Proto-Germanic *tindaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peak, spike, tooth”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Zink’s family of names
In English usage, Zink as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Italian form GIACINTO.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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