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in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
It seems that Theneuille (and other French place names as Théneuil, e.g.) comes from the Gallic root tanno-, "kind of green oak". This root is present in Breton, tannen, "oak"; in old Irish, tinne or teine, "holly tree"; in Cornish, glastannen, "oak" or "holm oak"
More information, and controversy about some related words, at:
http://monsu.desiderio.free.fr/jardin/chene.html (in French)
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
More information, and controversy about some related words, at:
http://monsu.desiderio.free.fr/jardin/chene.html (in French)
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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Thanks a lot for your help!
It would also be helpful to know how both Teneuille and Tenaille, the other French surname suggested by Menke as a possible source of Tennille, are pronounced in France, to help figure out which one (if either) is the more likely source of the American surname Tennille.
It would also be helpful to know how both Teneuille and Tenaille, the other French surname suggested by Menke as a possible source of Tennille, are pronounced in France, to help figure out which one (if either) is the more likely source of the American surname Tennille.
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