Where does “tin” come from?

tin (Danish) comes from Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tin (Danish): tin metal, metallic element

Definitions

  1. tin metal, metallic element

Ancestry of “tin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetintin
2Proto-Germanictinątin
3Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

Words derived from “tin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Old Norse tin →