Where does “donner” come from?
Donner comes from Dutch donder, from Middle Dutch donre, from Old Dutch thunar, from Proto-Germanic þunraz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ten-.
donner (English): To beat up; clobber; thrash
Definitions
- To beat up; clobber; thrash
Ancestry of “donner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | donder | to plummet, tumble |
| 2 | Dutch | donderen | to thunder; to make a thunderous sound,... |
| 3 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |