Where does “Tana” come from?

Tana (French) comes from French Tananarive, from Malagasy Antananarivo, from Malagasy tanana, from Proto-Malayic taŋan — hand.

Tana (French): bitch

Definitions

  1. bitch

Ancestry of “Tana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchTananarive
2MalagasyAntananarivo
3Malagasytananahand of humans
4Proto-Malayictaŋanhand

Words derived from “Tana

Every word from Proto-Malayic taŋanEvery word from Malagasy tananaEvery word from Malagasy Antananarivo
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