Word Origin Summary

Taunu is attested in Pitjantjatjara. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. dunonGaulishderived from
2. *tūnąProto-West Germanicinherited from
3. townEnglishborrowed from
4. *dʰewh₂-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
5. *tūnProto-West Germanicinherited from
6. *dewh₂-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
7. dunomGaulishderived from
8. tūnEnglishinherited from

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