Where does “tin” come from?

tin (Middle English) comes from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tin (Middle English): Alternative form of þin; tin

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of þin; tin

Ancestry of “tin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtintin
2Proto-West Germanic*tintin metal
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

Words derived from “tin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →