Etymology

Tenna

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Today it means: A river in Marche. Full definition →

Italian Tenna ← Latin Tinna ← Proto-Indo-European *th₂i-n-
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  1. Italic · derived from
  2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*th₂i-n-
  3. Latin · derived fromTinna
  4. Italian · borrowed fromTenna
  5. English todayTenna

Borrowed from Italian Tenna, from Latin Tinna, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *th₂i-n-, from an extension of *teh₂- (“to dissolve, melt”), via an unknown source language, perhaps Italic; compare Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Teign.

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