Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tin

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *tiną, of unknown origin.

Noun

*tin n

tin (metal)

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tin
Genitive	*tinas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tin	*tinu
Accusative	*tin	*tinu
Genitive	*tinas	*tinō
Dative	*tinē	*tinum
Instrumental	*tinu	*tinum

Descendants

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: 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
- Central Franconian:
  Hunsrik: Zinn
- German: Zinn
  - → Czech: cín
  - → Polish: cyna
  - → Slovak: cín
- Luxembourgish: Zënn