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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse tinna (“flint”); also a variant of Tina.
Proper noun
Tinna f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Tinna: Tinnuson
- daughter of Tinna: Tinnudóttir
Declension
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singular
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| indefinite
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| nominative
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Tinna
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| accusative
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Tinnu
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| dative
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Tinnu
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| genitive
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Tinnu
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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *th₂in-, from the extension *teh₂y- of *teh₂- (“to dissolve, melt”). If so, it would be related to tinca (“tench”). Compare in any case the name of the river Tina.
Proper noun
Tinna f sg (genitive Tinnae); first declension
- A river in Picenum that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Tenna
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
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.