Etymology of the English word thin
the English word
thinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ten-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*tu-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*thunnuzDerivations in English
thine,
microthin,
thinner,
thinnish,
ultrathin,
thy,
thinned,
thinningCognates
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
finUsage
Word found in Old English, Middle English, Modern English
