Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tannos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Possibly from earlier *(s)tannos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰnwos, *(s)dʰonu (“fir”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”), Latin femur (“thigh”), Old High German tanna (“fir wood”), Old Saxon danna (“pine”), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆‎ (θanuuarə, “bow”), Sanskrit धनु (dhanu, “bow”)) and Hittite [script needed] (tanau, “fir”).

Noun

*tannos m

green oak

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tannos	*tannou	*tannoi
vocative	*tanne	*tannou	*tannūs
accusative	*tannom	*tannou	*tannūs
genitive	*tannī	*tannous	*tannom
dative	*tannūi	*tannobom	*tannobos
instrumental	*tannū	*tannobim	*tannobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *tann
- Breton: tann
- Cornish: tannen
Old Irish:
- Irish: tinne (< *tennyos (“holly, elder”))
Gaulish: tanno-
- → Late Latin: tannum
  - Galician: tano