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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Middle Finian ''[[Contionary:tān|tān]]'', from Early Finian ''[[Contionary:tōn|tōn]]'', a syncope of earlier ''*tonon'', from Finio-Dhannic ''[[Contionary:donon|donon]]'' (compare Aurónian [[Contionary:dhón|dhón]]), from Proto-Indo-European ''*deh₃nom'' (compare Sanskrit ''dānam'', Latin ''dōnum''). | From Middle Finian ''[[Contionary:tān|tān]]'', from Early Finian ''[[Contionary:tōn|tōn]]'', a syncope of earlier ''*tonon'', from Finio-Dhannic ''[[Contionary:donon|donon]]'' (compare Aurónian [[Contionary:dhón|dhón]]), from Proto-Lúsanic [[Contionary:dhṓnon|dhṓnon]], from Proto-Indo-European ''*deh₃nom'' (compare Sanskrit ''dānam'', Latin ''dōnum''). | ||
===Alternative forms=== | ===Alternative forms=== | ||
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Finian
Etymology
From Middle Finian tān, from Early Finian tōn, a syncope of earlier *tonon, from Finio-Dhannic donon (compare Aurónian dhón), from Proto-Lúsanic dhṓnon, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃nom (compare Sanskrit dānam, Latin dōnum).
Alternative forms
taan (Finian script), tán (obsolete, Dhannuá-inspired spelling)
Pronunciation
- (Reconstructed) IPA: /ˈtaːn/
Noun
tân (plural tâna?)
- 1. A gift.
- 2. A bribe.