† townikinn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Greek lexical item, and partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: town n., English -ikin , -kin suffix.

Etymology: < town n. + -ikin, variant of -kin suffix, after diminutives of the words for ‘town’ in other languages. Compare earlier townlet n.In quot. a1813 after ancient Greek πολίχνη, diminutive of πόλις city (see polis n.²). The work quoted in quot. 1864 cites the German word Dörfchen little village (glossed as ‘Thorpkin’) with reference to the same place; compare also German Städtchen, (regional: south) Städtle , diminutives of Stadt town (see shtetl n.).

Obsolete.

A small town.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town

townleta1552

townikina1813

townette1839

boroughlet1864

townling1866

towneen1893

a1813 A. Murray Hist. European Lang. (1823) I. 380 So polis, a town; pol-ich-ne, a townikin.

1864 H. Mayhew German Life & Manners I. i. i. 5 The little village [sc. Möhra]..lying far away on the moors..from which the townikin, or city-cule, or boroughlet, wick-ling, (whichever you please, dear reader) is said to derive its name.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	townikin
释义	† townikinn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Greek lexical item, and partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: town n., English -ikin , -kin suffix. Etymology: < town n. + -ikin, variant of -kin suffix, after diminutives of the words for ‘town’ in other languages. Compare earlier townlet n.In quot. a1813 after ancient Greek πολίχνη, diminutive of πόλις city (see polis n.²). The work quoted in quot. 1864 cites the German word Dörfchen little village (glossed as ‘Thorpkin’) with reference to the same place; compare also German Städtchen, (regional: south) Städtle , diminutives of Stadt town (see shtetl n.). Obsolete. A small town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town townleta1552 townikina1813 townette1839 boroughlet1864 townling1866 towneen1893 a1813 A. Murray Hist. European Lang. (1823) I. 380 So polis, a town; pol-ich-ne, a townikin. 1864 H. Mayhew German Life & Manners I. i. i. 5 The little village [sc. Möhra]..lying far away on the moors..from which the townikin, or city-cule, or boroughlet, wick-ling, (whichever you please, dear reader) is said to derive its name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1813
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