thane

Meanings

1. A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.

1. A large city and district of Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Etymology

From Middle English theyn, thein, þein, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to give birth”); akin to Dutch degen, German Degen, Old Norse þegn and Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon, “child”).