Where does “Zinnlegierung” come from?

Zinnlegierung (German) comes from German Zinn, from Middle High German zin, from Old High German zin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

Zinnlegierung (German): tin alloy

Definitions

  1. tin alloy

Ancestry of “Zinnlegierung”, step by step

Zinnlegierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zinn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZinntin
2Middle High Germanzin—
3Old High Germanzin—
4Proto-Germanictinątin
5Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

via German Legierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLegierungalloy, alloying
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Old High German zin →