Where does “tâʹnn” come from?

tâʹnn (Skolt Sami) comes from Proto-Samic tënē, from Proto-Samic tinā, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tâʹnn (Skolt Sami): tin (metal)

Definitions

  1. tin (metal)

Ancestry of “tâʹnn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samictënētin
2Proto-Samictinā—
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Proto-Samic tinā →