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Where does “tanno” come from?

tanno (Gaulish) comes from Proto-Celtic tanno- — green oak.

tanno (Gaulish): holm oak

Definitions

  1. holm oak

Ancestry of “tanno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictanno-green oak

Words derived from “tanno”

  • tawny
  • tawniness
  • tawnily
  • tawne
  • tawné
  • tané
  • taner
  • tan
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