Where does “tona” come from?

tona (Galician) comes from Old Occitan tona, from Proto-Celtic tonnā, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tona (Galician): film; rind; bark

Definitions

  1. film; rind; bark

Ancestry of “tona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitantona—
2Proto-Celtictonnā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “tona”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tend- →Every word from Proto-Celtic tonnā →