Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tiną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown origin, but would have likely evolved from Pre-Proto-Germanic *dinom. Probably from a pre-Indo-European substrate of western Europe. Possibly related to Old Irish tinne (“ingot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.nɑ̃/

Noun

*tiną n

1. tin (metal)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *tiną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tiną	*tinō
vocative	*tiną	*tinō
accusative	*tiną	*tinō
genitive	*tinas, *tinis	*tinǫ̂
dative	*tinai	*tinamaz
instrumental	*tinō	*tinamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *tin
  • Old English: tin
    • Middle English: tyn, tin, tyne, tynne
      • English: tin
        • → Atong (India): tin
        • → Iban: tin
        • → Indonesian: tin
        • → Norman: tinne
        • Tok Pisin: tin
      • Scots: tin
  • Old Frisian: tinn
    • Saterland Frisian: Tin
    • West Frisian: tin
  • Old Saxon: tin
    • Middle Low German: tin, ten
      • German Low German: Tinn
  • Old Dutch: *tin
    • Middle Dutch: tin, ten
      • Dutch: tin
        • Afrikaans: tin
  • Old High German: zin
    • Middle High German: zin
      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Zinn

      • German: Zinn
        • → Czech: cín
        • → Polish: cyna
        • → Slovak: cín
      • Luxembourgish: Zënn
• >? Old Norse: (probably a West Germanic loan) tin
  • Icelandic: tin
  • Faroese: tin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tinn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tinn
  • Old Swedish: tin, tēn
    • Swedish: tenn
  • Danish: tin
  • Jamtish: tin
• → Proto-Samic: *tënē (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Finnic: *tina