Where does “tin” come from?

tin (Tày) comes from Vietnamese tín, from Chinese 信.

tin (Tày): foot

Definitions

  1. foot

Ancestry of “tin”, step by step

tin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tín

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetíntrust; honesty
2Chinese信—

via Proto-Tai tiːnᴬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taitiːnᴬfoot
Every word from Chinese 信 →Every word from Vietnamese tín →