An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Sinter

by Friedrich Kluge

Sinter, masculine, ‘dross of iron, scale,’ from Middle High German sinter (sinder), Old High German sintar, masculine, ‘slag, slack’; compare Old Icelandic sindr, Anglo-Saxon sinder, ‘slag, dross’ (English sinter is a High German loan-word). References in the non-Teutonic languages are uncertain.