Where does “tonn” come from?

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

tonn (Old Irish): wave; outpouring; sea

Definitions

  1. wave; outpouring; sea

Ancestry of “tonn”, 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 “tonn”

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