Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tiną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
*tiną n
- tin (metal)
Inflection[edit]
neuter a-stemDeclension of *tiną (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *tiną | *tinō | |
vocative | *tiną | *tinō | |
accusative | *tiną | *tinō | |
genitive | *tinas, *tinis | *tinǫ̂ | |
dative | *tinai | *tinamaz | |
instrumental | *tinō | *tinamiz |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “tin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.