Where does “zin” come from?

zin (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

Ancestry of “zin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictinątin
2Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

Words derived from “zin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →
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