Where does “dun” come from?

dun (Asturian) comes from Latin dum, from Proto-Italic dom, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

dun (Asturian): while

Definitions

  1. while

Ancestry of “dun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindumwhile, whilst, as, meanwhile; until, long enough...
2Proto-Italicdom—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Italic dom →Every word from Latin dum →