Where does “Zinnpest” come from?

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

Zinnpest (German): tin pest

Definitions

  1. tin pest

Ancestry of “Zinnpest”, step by step

Zinnpest 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 Pest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPestplague
2Middle Frenchpeste—
3Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Old High German zin →