tona

noun

Meaning

film, rind, bark, peel

Etymology / origin

Attested since the 14th century in Galician texts and since the 16th century in Portugal. From a local Celtic substrate language, from Proto-Celtic *tonnā (“skin”), from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”).

*temh₂-(ine-pro)→
*tondā(cel-pro)→
-(cel)→
tona (Old Galician-Portuguese)
Relations: der, der, der

Related words

-(cel)*tondā(cel-pro)*temh₂-(ine-pro)tona(Galician)tona(Portuguese)

Descendant words

tona(Galician) (inh)
tona(Portuguese) (inh)
tona(Portuguese) (inh)

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