Where does “tinaseppä” come from?

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

tinaseppä (Finnish): whitesmith, tinsmith

Definitions

  1. whitesmith, tinsmith

Ancestry of “tinaseppä”, step by step

tinaseppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tina

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

via Finnish seppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä—
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Proto-Finnic tina →