Abstract
THE discussion of the isolation of St. Michael's Mount subject has now branched off into a subsidiary question, which should not pass unnoticed. A writer dwelling on the abundance of tin found in Britain, argues that this natural product of our soil has given a name to our island home. I have met with this suggestion elsewhere, but have never been able to accept it. Our word tin is of comparatively modern formation. The Welsh word is vstaen, which corresponds so closely with the Latin stannum as to lead to the inference that the one form is derived from the other, although we may not be able precisely to say which is the elder of the two.
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