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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dūnā
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Disputed; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, dust”), or perhaps borrowed from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), which in Brythonic also means “hill”.
Noun
*dūnā f
- hill, sand dune
Inflection
ōn-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *dūnā | |
Genitive | *dūnōn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *dūnā | *dūnōn |
Accusative | *dūnōn | *dūnōn |
Genitive | *dūnōn | *dūnōnō |
Dative | *dūnōn | *dūnōm |
Instrumental | *dūnōn | *dūnōm |
Descendants
- Old English: dūn
- Middle English: dune, doun
- English: dune, down
- Middle English: dune, doun
- Old Frisian: dūne
- Saterland Frisian: Duune
- West Frisian: dún
- Old Saxon: *dūna
- Middle Low German: dûne
- German Low German: Düne, Düün
- → German: Düne
- Middle Low German: dûne
- Old Dutch: *dūna
- Middle Dutch: dûne
- Dutch: duin
- Afrikaans: duin
- → Old French: dune
- Middle French: dune
- French: dune
- Middle French: dune
- Dutch: duin
- Middle Dutch: dûne
- Old High German: *tūna, dūna