reschignier

Old French

Alternative forms

  • resquignier, reskignier, resquinnier, reschinner, rechignier, rechinier, reschigne, rechinner, richiner, requigner, requignier, recignier, richignier, rechiner, resquinier

Etymology

From re- + Frankish *kīnan (“to split open”).[1]

Verb

reschignier

  1. [With or without denz (“teeth”) as an object] to grimace while baring teeth
  2. to display disgust, refusal or disapproval
  3. (of a horse) to jib
  4. to hiss

Descendants

  • French: rechigner
  • ⇒ French: requin (maybe)

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*kīnan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 323

Further reading

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (reschignier)

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