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Where does “zinna” come from?

zinna (Italian) comes from Lombardic zinna, from Proto-West Germanic *tinnu.

zinna (Italian): boob, tit; third-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. boob, tit; third-person singular present...

Ancestry of “zinna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lombardiczinnamerlon, projection
2Proto-West Germanic*tinnu—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tinnu →