Where does “zin” come from?
zin (Middle High German) comes from Old High German zin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.
Ancestry of “zin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | zin | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |