The story
- Dutch · derived fromtante“aunt”
- Afrikaans · borrowed fromtannie“auntie”
- English todaytannie
From Afrikaans tannie (“auntie”), diminutive of tante (“aunt”), from Dutch tante (“aunt”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tannie
Today it means: An older female authority figure. Full definition →
Afrikaans tannie ← Dutch tante