Where does “tinne” come from?

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

tinne (Norman): tin

Definitions

  1. tin

Ancestry of “tinne”, step by step

tinne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtinA malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant...
2Middle EnglishtinAlternative form of þin; tin
3Old Englishtintin
4Proto-West Germanic*tintin metal
5Proto-Germanictinątin
6Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

via Latin tinnitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintinnitusrung, jingled, having been jingled; cried,...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tin →
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