Where does “tinichea” come from?
tinichea (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish تنكه, from Persian تنگه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
tinichea (Romanian): thin sheet of metal, tinplate
Definitions
- thin sheet of metal, tinplate
Ancestry of “tinichea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | تنكه | tin plate, a thin sheet of steel coated with tin used to make cans |
| 2 | Persian | تنگه | strait; a piece of gold or silver; tenge |
| 3 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |