Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tannos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms 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”), if not from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *dannǭ (“fir, pine”) (Old High German tanna (“fir wood”), Old Saxon danna (“pine”)), Albanian thanë (“cranberry bush”), Avestan 𐬚𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (θanuuar^ə, “bow”), Sanskrit धनु (dhanu, “bow”)), Hittite 𒄑𒋫𒈾𒀀𒌑 (^GIŠta-na-a-ú /⁠tanau⁠/, “fir”), and perhaps Ancient Greek θάμνος (thámnos, “thicket”).

Noun

*tannos m

green oak

Declension

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

Descendants

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

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