Tunny

Tunny
Ireland was one of the first countries to adopt hereditary surnames. It is known that these were in use before the 1070 - 1071 A.D. Norman Invasion, although early records are fragmentary. The usual surname form was patronymic, but very occasionally a habitational style was used. This is the case with Tunney (in its various spelling forms). It derives from the Gaelic "tonnach", which translates literally as "by the waves", or "by the wetlands". That it (Tonnach) was a place of habitation would seem to be confirmed by the first recording (see below), which is in a French form. The sept was originally from the Sligo-Donegal-Mayo area, and is a branch of Cenel Conaill, the Gaelic form being O'Tonnaigh, meaning "the descendant of Tonnaigh". The Famine Records show the name spelling as Tunney, Tunny, Tuny and Tunuy, one Patrick Tunney being an emigrant on the ship "Colonist" of Liverpool, which sailed to New York in April 1846. Recordings from Irish Registers include: the christening of Sarah Tooney (as spelt) on December 3rd 1788, at Donaghmore, County Tyrone; the birth of Thomas, son of Thomas Tunney and Elizabeth Simpson, on September 9th 1804, at Dromore Parish, County Down; and the birth of Hugh, son of Owen Tunney and Mary Sheenan, on July 31st 1867, at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ralph de Toen, which was dated 1283, marriage to Petronella de Laci, in Dublin, during the reign of King Edward 1 of England, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Tunny — Tun ny (t[u^]n n[y^]), n.; pl. {Tunnies}. [L. thunnus, thynnus, Gr. qy nnos, qy^nos: cf. It. tonno, F. & Pr. thon.] (Zo[ o]l.) The chiefly British equivalent of {tuna}; any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the Mackerel… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tunny — (n.) large sea fish of the mackerel order, 1520s, probably from M.Fr. thon (14c.), from O.Prov. ton, from L. thunnus a tuna, tunny, from Gk. thynnos a tuna, tunny, possibly in the literal sense of darter, from thynein dart along …   Etymology dictionary

  • tunny — [tun′ē] n. pl. tunnies or tunny [MFr thon < Prov ton < L tunnus, thunnus < Gr thynnos] TUNA1 (sense 1) …   English World dictionary

  • tunny — ► NOUN (pl. same or tunnies) ▪ a tuna. ORIGIN Greek thunnos …   English terms dictionary

  • tunny — Tuna Tu na, n. [Cf. {Tunny}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) any one of several species of large oceanic fishes belonging to the mackerel family {Scombridae}, especially the {bluefin tuna} ({Thunnus thynnus}, formerly {Orcynus thynnus} or {Albacora thynnus}),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tunny — /tun ee/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) tunny, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) tunnies. Chiefly Brit. tuna1. [1520 30; by apocope < ML tunnina false tunny, n. use of fem. of tunninus like a tunny, equiv. to tunn(us) tunny (var. of… …   Universalium

  • Tunny — Die Lorenz Schlüsselmaschine (auch: Lorenz Schlüsselzusatz), von den britischen Codeknackern „Tunny“ (deutsch: „Thunfisch“) genannt, wurde von der C. Lorenz AG auf Wunsch der deutschen Militärführung als Ergänzung zur Morse Funk basierten Enigma… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • tunny — UK [ˈtʌnɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms tunny : singular tunny plural tunnies or tunny British tuna …   English dictionary

  • tunny — tun•ny [[t]ˈtʌn i[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively) ny, (esp. for kinds or species) nies. ich brit. tuna I • Etymology: 1520–30; « ML tunnīna false tunny, n. use of fem. of tunnīnus like a tunny …   From formal English to slang

  • tunny — noun (plural tunnies; also tunny) Etymology: modification of Middle French thon or Old Italian tonno; both from Old Occitan ton, from Latin thunnus more at tuna Date: circa 1530 tuna …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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