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Where does “tana” come from?

tana (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish tanae, from Proto-Celtic tanawyos, from Proto-Indo-European ténh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European tenh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tana (Scottish Gaelic): thin; shallow; thin, runny

Definitions

  1. thin; shallow; thin, runny

Ancestry of “tana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtanaethin
2Proto-Celtictanawyos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanténh₂usthin
4Proto-Indo-Europeantenh₂-to stretch, to extend
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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