Tinna

See also: tinna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tinna (“flint”); also a variant of Tina.

Proper noun

Tinna f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Tinna: Tinnuson
  • daughter of Tinna: Tinnudóttir

Declension
Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Tinna
Accusative Tinnu
Dative Tinnu
Genitive Tinnu

Latin

Etymology

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

Tinna f sg (genitive Tinnae); first declension

  1. A river in Picenum that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Tenna

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tinna
Genitive Tinnae
Dative Tinnae
Accusative Tinnam
Ablative Tinnā
Vocative Tinna

References
  • “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.
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