Where does “tunna” come from?

tunna (Latin) comes from Proto-Celtic tondā, from Proto-Indo-European tend-, from Proto-Indo-European temh₂- — to stretch, string; to cut.

tunna (Latin): tun, box

Definitions

  1. tun, box

Ancestry of “tunna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictondāskin; surface, skin
2Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
3Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “tunna”

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