Tinna

See also: tinna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tinna (“flint”); also a variant of Tina.

Proper noun

Tinna f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Tinna: Tinnuson
• daughter of Tinna: Tinnudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Tinna
Accusative	Tinnu
Dative	Tinnu
Genitive	Tinnu

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tin, an extension of *teh₂- (“to dissolve, melt”). If so, it would be related to tinca (“tench”) and the river Tina.

Proper noun

Tinna f sg (genitive Tinnae); first declension

1. A river in Picenum that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Tenna

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tinna
Genitive	Tinnae
Dative	Tinnae
Accusative	Tinnam
Ablative	Tinnā
Vocative	Tinna

References

• “Picenum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.