Where does “tinn” come from?
tinn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.
tinn (Norwegian Bokmål): tin; pewter
Ancestry of “tinn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | tin | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |