Where does “dud” come from?
Dud comes from Middle English dudde, from Old English dudda, of unknown origin.
dud (English): A device or machine that is useless because it...
Definitions
- A device or machine that is useless because it...
Ancestry of “dud”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | dudde | cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or... |
| 2 | Old English | dudda | — |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | — |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |