Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/duniz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰún-is, from *dʰwen- (“to roar; boom; resound”). Cognate with Sanskrit ध्वन् (dhvan, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.niz/

Noun

*duniz m

1. sound; noise

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *duniz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*duniz	*dunīz
vocative	*duni	*dunīz
accusative	*dunį	*duninz
genitive	*dunīz	*dunjǫ̂
dative	*dunī	*dunimaz
instrumental	*dunī	*dunimiz

Derived terms

• *dunjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *duni
  • Old English: dyne, dyn
    • Middle English: dune, dyne, dene, dine, dyn
      • Scots: dyn, din
      • English: dun, din
  • Old Saxon: *duni
    • Middle Low German: done, döne, don
  • Old Dutch: *duni
    • Middle Dutch: dōne, dōon, duene
      • Dutch: deun
        • ⇒ Afrikaans: deuntjie
  • Old High German: tuni, (Central German) *duni
    • Middle High German: tōn, dōn, dōne, dœne (merged with a borrowing from Latin tonus)
      • German: Ton
• Old Norse: dynr
  • Icelandic: dynur
  • Faroese: dynur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dønn n
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: døn n, dønn n
  • Old Swedish: dyn
    • Swedish: dön n, dån n, don n
  • Danish: døn n