Where does “dyn” come from?
dyn (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic dynja, from Old Norse dynr, from Proto-Germanic duniz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰún-is, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- — make a noise.
dyn (Icelandic): inflection of dynja:
## first-person singular...
Definitions
- inflection of dynja:
## first-person singular...
Ancestry of “dyn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | dynja | to resound, to boom, to reverberate; to howl, to... |
| 2 | Old Norse | dynr | din, noise |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | duniz | sound; noise |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰún-is | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwen- | make a noise |