Where does “Zinn” come from?

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

Zinn (Hunsrik): tin

Definitions

  1. tin

Ancestry of “Zinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzin—
2Old High Germanzin—
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Old High German zin →