Where does “tinless” come from?

tinless (English) comes from English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tinless (English): Without tin; Without a tin

Definitions

  1. Without tin; Without a tin

Ancestry of “tinless”, step by step

tinless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtinA malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant...
2Middle EnglishtinAlternative form of þin; tin
3Old Englishtintin
4Proto-West Germanic*tintin metal
5Proto-Germanictinątin
6Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →