dunni

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Dunn.

Adjective

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dunni

  1. Dunn (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Dunn's ..."

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (thin), whence also Old English þynne, Old Norse þunnr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dunni

  1. thin

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: dünne
    • Alemannic German: tünn, dünn
      Swabian:
    • Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: dünne
    • Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: dinn
      Luxembourgish: dënn
    • East Central German:
      Upper Saxon German:
      Vilamovian: dynn
    • East Franconian:
    • German: dünn
    • Rhine Franconian: denn, dinn
      Frankfurterisch: [d̥in]
      Pennsylvania German:
    • Yiddish: דין (din)

Old Irish

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Pronoun

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dunni

  1. Alternative spelling of dúnni

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dunni dunni
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndunni
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.