dunni

Translingual

Etymology

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

Adjective

dunni

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

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Old High German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdun.ni/

Adjective

dunni

1. thin

Descendants

• Middle High German: dünne
  • Alemannic German: tünn, dünn
  • German: dünn
  • Luxembourgish: dënn
  • Vilamovian: dynn
  • Yiddish: דין (din)