MEANING:1 membrane (covering egg, nut), dermis (inner skin) 2 ampulla (sac) in skin 3 egg (laid without shell) 4 husk
BZK:mintz 1
GIP:mintz 1
ANV:mintz 1 4
BNV:p(h)intz(a) 2 3
SAL:mintz 1
LAB:phintz 2
ZBR:phintz 2
RNC:mintz, mintzi 1
COMMENTS:Of Latin origin, according to Trask (1995). Aragonese Spanish has binza 'membrane covering onion or egg'. Jacobsen (1995) criticizes the supposed derivation from Lat. *vinctiare 'to tie' as "too speculative to be convincing."
