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

sound; noise

Inflection

Declension 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