Where does “Tanne” come from?

Tanne (German) comes from Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-West Germanic *dannā, from Proto-Germanic dannǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰonu — fir.

Tanne (German): fir

Definitions

  1. fir

Ancestry of “Tanne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantanne—
2Old High Germantannafir wood
3Proto-West Germanic*dannāpine, fir
4Proto-Germanicdannǭpine, fir
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰonufir
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰonu →Every word from Proto-Germanic dannǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dannā →