Where does “tina” come from?
tina (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic tina, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.
tina (Estonian): tin
Ancestry of “tina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | tina | tin |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |