Where does “thin” come from?

Thin comes from Middle English thinne, from Old English þanne, from Proto-Germanic þan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European só, a demonstrative pronoun meaning that or this.

thin (English): Having little thickness or extent from one...

Definitions

  1. Having little thickness or extent from one...

Ancestry of “thin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthinnethin, narrow, skinny, slender; weak; sparse,...
2Old Englishþynnethin
3Proto-West Germanicþunnīthin
4Proto-Germanicþunnuzthin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanténh₂usthin
6Proto-Indo-Europeantenh₂-to stretch, to extend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “thin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →