後の形である*''Toranos''は、ガリア人の神名Taranisと''Taranucnos''、および人名''Taranutius''に記録されている。ピクト人の王命表の先史時代のセクションに登場する''Taran''という名前も、神格化された王として解釈することができるかもしれない。ヒスパノケルト語の''tar(a)nekūm''は「Tar(a)nosの子孫の」という意味かもしれない<ref>Koch, 2020, pp142–144</ref>。
また、中世のケルト語には、古アイルランド語の''torann''(「雷、音」)、古ブルトン語の''taran''、古コーニッシュ語の''taran''、中ウェールズ語の''taran''(「雷の音、雷鳴」)などの同義語も見られます。(「雷の音、雷鳴」)などの同義語も見られる。ガリア語で「雷」を意味する言葉は、ガスコーニュ語の''taram''に残されている<ref name=":0" /><ref>Koch, 2020, pp142–144</ref><ref name=":1" />。
== 車輪との関連性 ==
Additional [[cognates]] may also be found in medieval Celtic languages, such as [[Old Irish]] ''torann'' ('thunder, noise'), [[Old Breton]] ''taran'', [[Old Cornish]] ''taran'', or [[Middle Welsh]] ''taran'' ('[peal of] thunder, thunderclap'). The [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] word for 'thunder' has been preserved in [[Gascon language|Gascon]] ''taram''.<ref name=":0" />{{sfn|Koch|2020|pp=142–144}}<ref name=":1" />
==Association with the wheel==
{{See also|Wheel of the Year}}
[[File:Rouelle votive wheels.jpg|thumb|Votive wheels called ''Rouelles'', thought to correspond to the cult of Taranis. Thousands of such wheels have been found in sanctuaries in [[Belgic Gaul]], dating from 50 BC to 50 AD. [[Musée d'Archéologie Nationale]].]]
The wheel, more specifically the [[chariot]] wheel with six or eight [[spoke]]s, was an important symbol in historical [[Celtic polytheism]], apparently associated with a specific god, known as the wheel-god, identified as the sky- sun- or thunder-god, whose name is attested as Taranis by [[Lucan]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=km66Nu4d-34C&dq=Celtic+wheels&pg=RA1-PA117|title=Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art|isbn=9780415080767|last1=Green|first1=Miranda|year=1992}}</ref> Numerous Celtic coins also depict such a wheel. The half-wheel shown in the Gundestrup cauldron [[Gundestrup cauldron#Plate C: Broken Wheel|"broken wheel" panel]] also has eight visible spokes.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}