tanta
Icelandic
/ˈtʰan̥ta/
noun
Definitions
- (informal) aunt
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish tante derived from French tante (aunt) derived from Latin amita (paternal aunt, father's sister).
Origin
Latin
amita
Gloss
paternal aunt, father's sister
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *amitāna Latin
- *mita Latin
- abamita Latin
- amita Latin
- amitinus Latin
- Tante German
- tante Dutch, Flemish
- tante French
- *amma- Proto-Indo-European
- tante Norwegian Bokmål
- tant Swedish
- tante Norwegian Nynorsk
- tante Danish
- antain Old French
- ante Old French
- tanti Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- emtë Albanian
- tante Middle French
- tånte Cimbrian
- tanta Occitan
- onda Romansh
- agne Friulian
- gnagna Venetian
- àmeda Venetian
- àmia Venetian
- amia Dalmatian
- Tante AG.