![]() The original, unmetathesized form of the name is attested in the Old Brittonic theonym Tanaro, and in the Gaulish river name Tanarus ('thundering' or 'thunderous') in northern Italy. The Proto-Celtic form of the name is reconstructed as * Toranos ('Thunder'), which derives through metathesis from an earlier * Tonaros, itself from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root for 'thunder', * (s)tenhâ‚‚.
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