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
Ancestry of “tincéir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | tinker | An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household... |
| 2 | Middle English | tynkere | — |
| 3 | Old English | tincere | — |
| 4 | Old English | tin | tin |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *tin | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |