Where does “din” come from?

Din comes from Middle English din, Old English dyne, Proto-Germanic dunjaną, and Proto-Indo-European dʰwen-, a root meaning to make a loud noise.

din (English): A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion; To...

Definitions

  1. A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion; To...

Ancestry of “din”, step by step

din traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English dynne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdynne—
2Old Englishdynedin
3Proto-West Germanicdunisound, noise
4Proto-Germanicdunizsound; noise
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰún-is—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwen-make a noise

via German dīn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandīn—

via Khmer ឌិន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KhmerឌិនDin

Words derived from “din”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰún-is →Every word from Proto-Germanic duniz →