Where does “tunna” come from?

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

tunna (Middle Irish): cask

Definitions

  1. cask

Ancestry of “tunna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintunnatun, box
2Proto-Celtictondāskin; surface, skin
3Proto-Indo-Europeantend-to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeantemh₂-to stretch, string; to cut

Words derived from “tunna”

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