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
Ancestry of “tin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | tin | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | tin | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |