Etymology Explorer
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Where does “tin” come from?
tin (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.
Ancestry of “tin”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
tiną
tin
2
Proto-Indo-European
dinom
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Words derived from “tin”
tin
ten
tin
tinnen
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