Where does “tincere” come from?

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

tincere (Old English): a worker of tin

Definitions

  1. a worker of tin

Ancestry of “tincere”, step by step

tincere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English tin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtintin
2Proto-West Germanic*tintin metal
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

via Old English cere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcerevessel-maker

Words derived from “tincere”

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