Where does “Tin” come from?

Tin (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

Tin (Saterland Frisian): tin metal

Definitions

  1. tin metal

Ancestry of “Tin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiantin—
2Proto-Germanictinątin
3Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Old Frisian tin →