Where does “tinkere” come from?
tinkere (Middle English) comes from Old English tincere, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.
Ancestry of “tinkere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | tincere | — |
| 2 | Old English | tin | tin |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *tin | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |
Words derived from “tinkere”