Where does “tincéir” come from?

tincéir (Irish) comes from English tinker, from Middle English tynkere, from Old English tincere, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tincéir (Irish): tinker

Definitions

  1. tinker

Ancestry of “tincéir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtinkerAn itinerant tinsmith and mender of household...
2Middle Englishtynkeretinker itinerant repairer of metal kitchenware
3Old Englishtincerea worker of tin
4Old Englishtintin
5Proto-West Germanic*tintin metal
6Proto-Germanictinątin
7Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tin →