Where does “tin” come from?

tin (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch tin, from Old Dutch tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tin (Dutch): tin metal, metallic element

Definitions

  1. tin metal, metallic element

Ancestry of “tin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchtin—
2Old Dutchtin—
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

Words derived from “tin”

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