< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic

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.[1] 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
    • Old High German: zin
  • >? Old Norse: (probably a West Germanic loan) tin
  • → Proto-Samic: *tënē (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *tina

References
  1. “tin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.