Tinna
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See also: tinna
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse tinna (“flint”); also a variant of Tina.
Proper noun[edit]
Tinna f
- a female given name
Usage notes[edit]
Matronymics
- son of Tinna: Tinnuson
- daughter of Tinna: Tinnudóttir
Declension[edit]
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Tinna |
Accusative | Tinnu |
Dative | Tinnu |
Genitive | Tinnu |
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tin, an extension of *teh₂- (“to dissolve, melt”). If so, it would be related to tinca (“tench”) and the river Tina.
Proper noun[edit]
Tinna f sg (genitive Tinnae); first declension
- A river in Picenum that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Tenna
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Tinna |
Genitive | Tinnae |
Dative | Tinnae |
Accusative | Tinnam |
Ablative | Tinnā |
Vocative | Tinna |
References[edit]
- “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.
Categories:
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Rivers