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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzin—
2Proto-Germanictinątin
3Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

Words derived from “zin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Old High German zin →