Tinna
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.
| 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