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tanner.

an open flat area of land: field, yard

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɑnːer/[ˈt̪ɑ̝nːe̞r]
  1. an open flat area of land: field, yard

  2. hard tamped or packed soil or snow

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *tandër. Equivalent to *tante- + -re. Cognate to Karelian tanner, Karelian tannar, Veps tandar, Veps tandarta (“to tread down”), Veps tandreh, Estonian tanderdada, Estonian tandermik (“playground”), Proto-Samic *tuontër (“a kind of mountain in Lapland”). Probably derived from Proto-Uralic *tante-, or alternatively, from Proto-Uralic *tëntere. Doublet of tantere, tunturi, and tundra.

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