Where does “tanaj” come from?
tanaj (Romanian) comes from French tannage, from French tanner, from French tan, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos — to stretch, to extend.
tanaj (Romanian): tanning
Definitions
- tanning
Ancestry of “tanaj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tannage | tanning |
| 2 | French | tanner | to tan |
| 3 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 4 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |