Where does “tin” come from?

tin (Atong (India)) comes from English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tin (Atong (India)): corrugated iron

Definitions

  1. corrugated iron

Ancestry of “tin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtinA malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant...
2Middle EnglishtinAlternative form of þin; tin
3Old Englishtintin
4Proto-West Germanic*tintin metal
5Proto-Germanictinątin
6Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tin →