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 (genus Abies)

Definitions

  1. fir (genus Abies)

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

Words derived from “tanne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰonu →Every word from Proto-Germanic dannǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dannā →