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Etymology of the English word thin

the English word thin
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tu-
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *thunnuz

Derivations in English

thine, microthin, thinner, thinnish, ultrathin, thy, thinned, thinning

Cognates

Catalan fi, Danish tynd, Dutch dun, Dutch fijn, English fine, French fin, German fein, German dünn, Icelandic þunnur, Icelandic Tunnur, Icelandic fínn, Italian fine, Italian fino, Latin finis, Norwegian fin, Nynorsk tynne, Portuguese fino, Portuguese fim, Provençal fin, Riksmal tynn, Spanish fino, Spanish fin, Swedish tunn, Swedish fin

Usage

Word found in Old English, Middle English, Modern English



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