Where does “tin” come from?

Tin comes from Middle English tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Germanic þīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European téynos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European túh₂.

tin (English): A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant...

Definitions

  1. A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant...

Ancestry of “tin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishtinAlternative form of þin; tin
2Old Englishtintin
3Proto-West Germanic*tintin metal
4Proto-Germanictinątin
5Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

Words derived from “tin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →