Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element
Proto Germanic
*tund- = 'ignite, kindle'
Old Norse
tinna = 'flint stone' [1] [2]
Old High German
zinsila = 'tinder' [1]
Old English
tendan = 'to kindle'
tinnan = 'to burn' [1]
Middle High German
zinnen = 'to burn' [1]
Related Names
See Tinna
Combinations
Last Element Forms
-tinna
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)