Where does “tun” come from?

tun (German) comes from Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic dōn, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “tun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantuonto do
2Old High Germantuonto do; to make
3Proto-West Germanicdōnto do; to put, to place
4Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “tun”

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