Where does “lehtitina” come from?

lehtitina (Finnish) comes from Finnish tina, from Proto-Finnic tina, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

lehtitina (Finnish): tinfoil

Definitions

  1. tinfoil

Ancestry of “lehtitina”, step by step

lehtitina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtinatin; pewter
2Proto-Finnictinatin
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Proto-Finnic tina →