Where does “Tana” come from?
Tana (English) comes from French Tana, from French Tananarive, from Malagasy Antananarivo, from Malagasy tanana, from Proto-Malayic taŋan — hand.
Tana (English): A river in Kenya
Definitions
- A river in Kenya
Ancestry of “Tana”, step by step
Tana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Tana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Tana | bitch |
| 2 | French | Tananarive | — |
| 3 | Malagasy | Antananarivo | — |
| 4 | Malagasy | tanana | hand of humans |
| 5 | Proto-Malayic | taŋan | hand |
via Amharic ጣና
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amharic | ጣና | — |