Where does “tarn” come from?
Tarn comes from Middle English terne, from Old Norse tjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic ternō, from Proto-Indo-European der-.
tarn (English): A small mountain lake, "especially" in Northern...
Definitions
- A small mountain lake, "especially" in Northern...
Ancestry of “tarn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | terne | — |
| 2 | Old French | terne | dull, dim |
| 3 | Latin | ternas | accusative feminine plural of terni |
| 4 | Latin | terni | three each; three at a time |
| 5 | Latin | ter | thrice |
| 6 | Latin | terr | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | tris | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “tarn”