An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zinn

by Friedrich Kluge

Zinn, neuter, ‘tin,’ from the equivalent Middle High German and Old High German zin, neuter; corresponding to Dutch, Anglo-Saxon, English, and Old Icelandic tin; a common Teutonic term which has no cognates in the allied languages (Irish tinne seems to be borrowed). Latin stannum is the source of French étain, Italian stagno, but not of the Teutonic words.