An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Rinken

by Friedrich Kluge

Rinken, ‘large ring, buckle,’ an UpG. word, from MidHG. rinke, m. and f., ‘buckle, clasp,’ whence MidHG. rinkel, ‘small buckle’; an old derivative of Ring (OHG. rinka, from the primit. form *hringjôn).