Where does “dynja” come from?

dynja (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse dynr, from Proto-Germanic duniz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰún-is, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- — make a noise.

dynja (Icelandic): to resound, to boom, to reverberate; to howl, to...

Definitions

  1. to resound, to boom, to reverberate; to howl, to...

Ancestry of “dynja”, step by step

dynja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse dynr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedynrdin, noise
2Proto-Germanicdunizsound; noise
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰún-is—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwen-make a noise

via Old Norse dynja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedynja—
2Proto-Germanicdunjanąto make a noise, to resound

Words derived from “dynja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰún-is →Every word from Proto-Germanic duniz →