Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/duni

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duniz.

Noun

*duni m

1. sound, noise

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*duni
Genitive	*dunī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*duni	*dunī
Accusative	*duni	*dunī
Genitive	*dunī	*dunnjō
Dative	*dunī	*dunim, *dunnjum
Instrumental	*dunī	*dunim, *dunnjum

Derived terms

• *dunnjan

Descendants

• 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