tante
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈtɑn.tə/
noun
Definitions
- aunt sister or sister-in-law of a parent
- (familiar) A woman, especially an older or assertive one.
Etymology
Borrowed from French tante (aunt) derived from Middle French tante derived from Old French ante (aunt) derived from Latin amita (paternal aunt, father's sister) derived from Proto-Indo-European *amma- (mother).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*amma-
Gloss
mother
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
母
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *amitāna Latin
- *mita Latin
- abamita Latin
- amita Latin
- amitinus Latin
- amma Latin
- Tante German
- peet Dutch, Flemish
- peettante Dutch, Flemish
- suiker Dutch, Flemish
- suikertante Dutch, Flemish
- tantezegger Dutch, Flemish
- tantezegster Dutch, Flemish
- zeggen 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
- tante Indonesian
- tante Afrikaans
- tante Norman
- tànte Norman
- tante Malay
- emtë Albanian
- tante Middle French
- tånte Cimbrian
- tanta Occitan
- onda Romansh
- agne Friulian
- gnagna Venetian
- àmeda Venetian
- àmia Venetian
- tanchi Papiamentu
- tanta Papiamentu
- aunte xno
- amia Dalmatian
- tanta Sranan Tongo
- tanto Aukan
- Tante AG.