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A goddess, the wife of Balder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Norse
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Nanna-Suen, Sin, Suen
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name
A surname from Italian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
grandmother
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Semitic deity
noun
(Norse mythology) wife of Balder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Norse deity
noun
the mother of your father or mother
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grandparent
Narrower terms: nan
History
Uncertain, probably from Old Norse Nanna, with Norse levelling of -nþ- to -nn- from Proto-Germanic *nanþ- (“brave, daring”), related to *ninþaną (“to dare”); or possibly from an Old Norse baby talk word for "mother," as in nanna, nanny.
Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒋀𒆠 (dnanna /Nanna/).
Borrowed from Italian Nanna.
Possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”); probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child babbling, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). See also nanny. Compare Welsh nain, Sicilian nanna, Italian nonna, Norman nonne, Galician nana, Spanish nana, Old French nonain, Late Latin nonna.
