tant
Swedish
/tant/
noun
Definitions
- (might be) older lady
- (then) Used to address older women.
Etymology
Derived from French tante (aunt) 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
- tantta Finnish
- tanttamainen Finnish
- *amitāna Latin
- *mita Latin
- abamita Latin
- amita Latin
- amitinus Latin
- amma Latin
- Tante German
- tante Dutch, Flemish
- tante French
- *amma- Proto-Indo-European
- tante Norwegian Bokmål
- bamba Swedish
- bambatant Swedish
- mat Swedish
- mattant Swedish
- tante Norwegian Nynorsk
- tante Danish
- antain Old French
- ante Old French
- tanti Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tante Norman
- tànte Norman
- emtë Albanian
- tante Middle French
- tånte Cimbrian
- tanta Occitan
- onda Romansh
- agne Friulian
- gnagna Venetian
- àmeda Venetian
- àmia Venetian
- aunte xno
- amia Dalmatian
- Tante AG.