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Nanna

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A goddess, the wife of Balder. Norse
  2. 2
    The god of the moon in Sumerian mythology.
  3. 3
    A surname from Italian.
Noun
  1. 1
    grandmother
  2. 2
    (Norse mythology) wife of Balder wordnet
  3. 3
    the mother of your father or mother wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒋀𒆠 (ᵈnanna /⁠Nanna⁠/).

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Italian Nanna.

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