Where does “tin” come from?

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

tin (Old English): tin

Definitions

  1. tin

Ancestry of “tin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*tintin metal
2Proto-Germanictinątin
3Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

Words derived from “tin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tin →
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