Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tannos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Possibly from earlier *(s)tannos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰn̥wós, *(s)dʰónu (“fir”), if not from a non-Indo-European substrate language like many other names of plants. The irregular correspondence of IE *dʰ to Celtic *t and the occurrence of geminate *-nn- attest to the unusual nature of the traditional etymology.

Cognate with Proto-West Germanic *dannā (“fir, pine”) (Old High German tanna (“fir wood”), Old Saxon danna (“pine”)), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə, “bow”), Sanskrit धनु (dhanu, “bow”)), Hittite 𒄑𒋫𒈾𒀀𒌑 (^GIŠta-na-a-ú /⁠tanau⁠/, “fir”), and perhaps Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”).

Noun

*tannos m

1. green oak

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tannos	*tannou	*tannoi
vocative	*tanne	*tannou	*tannoi
accusative	*tannom	*tannou	*tannons
genitive	*tannī	*tannous	*tannom
dative	*tannūi	*tannobom	*tannobos
locative	*tannei	*?	*?
instrumental	*tannū	*tannobim	*tannūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *tann
  • Breton: tann
  • Cornish: tannen
• Old Irish:
  • Irish: tinne (< *tennyos (“holly, elder”))
• Gaulish: *tannos
  • → Late Latin: tannum
    • Old French: tan
      • Middle French: tan
        • French: tan
        • → Dutch: taan
      • → Middle English: tan, tanne, tanny
        • English: tan
        • Yola: tan
    • Galician: tano