Proto-Basque: *pinc
Meaning: 1 membrane (covering egg, nut), dermis (inner skin) 2 ampulla (sac) in skin 3 egg (laid without shell) 4 husk
Bizkaian: mintz 1
Gipuzkoan: mintz 1
High Navarrese: mintz 1 4
Low Navarrese: p(h)intz(a) 2 3
Salazarese: mintz 1
Lapurdian: phintz 2
Zuberoan: phintz 2
Roncalese: 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."
