etna

Etna · proper noun, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂eydʰ-“burn; fire”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΑἴτνη“Aetna”
3. Italian · borrowed fromEtna
4. Latin · derived fromAetna
5. English todayEtna

From the Latin Aetna, perhaps via the Italian Etna. From either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aið-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Aetna.

Etna · proper noun²

1. Old Norse · derived from*Etn
2. Norwegian · borrowed fromEtna
3. English todayEtna

From the Norwegian Etna, from Old Norse *Etn or *Ǫtn; see Norwegian Bokmål Etna.

Etna · proper noun³

1. Old Irish · derived fromEithne
2. Middle Irish · derived fromEithne
3. Irish · borrowed fromEithne
4. English todayEtna

Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne, from Middle Irish Eithne, from Old Irish Eithne.

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