Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tiną
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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
Of obscure origin, but would have likely evolved from Pre-Proto-Germanic *dinom, which Orel derives from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂- (“to shine”); see Sanskrit दीप् (dīp, “to blaze, glow”) for more.[1] Another theory takes the word as a borrowing from a pre-Indo-European substrate of western Europe, based on the tin bronze technology of the area in pre-Indo-European times.[2]
Likely related to Old Irish tinne (“ingot”) (itself a hapax legomenon).[3] The potential connection to Proto-Celtic *stagnos (“tin”) (whence Latin stannum (“id”)) suffers from many formal issues.
Pronunciation
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
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*tinan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407
- ^ “tin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tina-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 517-8