Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tiną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 evolved from Pre-Germanic *denom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈti.nɑ̃/

Noun

*tiną n

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

Old English: tin
- Middle English: tin
  - Scots: tin
  - English: tin
    - Norman: tinne
Old Frisian: tin
- 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
- German: Zinn
  - → Czech: cín
  - → Polish: cyna
  - → Slovak: cín
- Luxembourgish: Zënn
Old Norse tin
- Icelandic: tin
- Faroese: tin
- Norwegian: tinn
- Old Swedish: tin, tēn
  - Swedish: tenn
- Danish: tin
- Jamtish: tin
- Westrobothnian: ten
→ Proto-Samic: *tënē (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *tina

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