Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tinnu

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

From Proto-Germanic *tindnō, from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“tine, prong, bolt”).

Noun

*tinnu f

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tinnu
Genitive	*tinnā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tinnu	*tinnō
Accusative	*tinnā	*tinnā
Genitive	*tinnā	*tinnō
Dative	*tinnē	tinnōm, tinnum
Instrumental	*tinnu	tinnōm, tinnum

Related terms

*tanþ
*tind

Descendants

Old English: tinn
Old Saxon: *tinna
- Middle Low German: tinne
Old Dutch: *tinna
- Middle Dutch: tinne, tenne, tin
  - Dutch: tinne
Old High German: zinna
- Middle High German: zinne
  - German: Zinne
- → Italian: zinna

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