thin – English noun declension

English noun forms of thin

Noun: thin
Singularthin
Pluralthins

Sample Sentences

  • chocolate mint thins
  • potato thins
  • wheat thins

Etymology

1. From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).
2. Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous. See: Middle English Nouns 'thinne', Old English Nouns 'þynne', Icelandic Nouns 'þunnur', Latin Nouns 'tenuis', Irish Nouns 'tanaí'.

Verbs referencing "thin"

Irish Nouns téad.