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

  1. inflection of dynja: ## first-person singular...

Ancestry of “dyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicdynjato resound, to boom, to reverberate; to howl, to...
2Old Norsedynrdin, noise
3Proto-Germanicdunizsound; noise
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰún-is—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwen-make a noise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰún-is →Every word from Proto-Germanic duniz →