Where does “tinner” come from?
tinner (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.
tinner (English): A tinsmith; A worker in a tin mine
Definitions
- A tinsmith; A worker in a tin mine
Ancestry of “tinner”, step by step
tinner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tin | A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant... |
| 2 | Middle English | tin | Alternative form of þin; tin |
| 3 | Old English | tin | tin |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *tin | tin metal |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |