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===Etymology and development=== Taranis's name derives from [[proto-Celtic]] {{lang|cel-x-proto|torano-}} ("thunder"), which in turn derives from the [[proto-Indo-European root]] {{lang|ine-x-proto|(s)tenh₂-}} ("to thunder"). Through the proto-Celtic etymon, the theonym is cognate with words for thunder in [[Old Irish]] ({{lang|sga|torann}}), [[Old Breton]] ({{lang|obt|taran}}), [[Middle Welsh]] ({{lang|wlm|taran}}), and (as a loan word into a non-Celtic language) the [[Gascon dialect]] of French ({{lang|oc|taram}}).<ref name=Matasovic>{{cite book |first=Ranko |last=Matasović |title=Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic |url=https://archive.org/details/matasovic-etymological-dictionary-of-proto-celtic |volume=9 |location=Leiden / Boston |series=Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series |publisher=Brill |date=2009 }}</ref>{{rp|384}} During the development of Celtic, the word for thunder seem to have undergone a [[metathesis (linguistics)|metathesis]] (transposition of syllables) from {{lang|cel-x-proto|tonaro-}} to {{lang|cel-x-proto|torano-}}.<ref name=Matasovic/>{{rp|384}} The question of whether the [[Chester]] altar (discussed below) should be read as attesting to an unmetathesised form of the god's name, Tanaris, was for a long time controversial. However, the discovery of a dedication to {{lang|la|Iovi Tanaro}} ("Jupiter Tanaris") in [[Dalmatia]] confirms that such a form did exist.<ref name=ALIP/>
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