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Where does “dunn” come from?

dunn (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German duo, from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

dunn (Luxembourgish): then; then; that’s when; back then

Definitions

  1. then; then; that’s when; back then

Ancestry of “dunn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanduothen, at that time
2Old High Germandū—
3Proto-West Germanicþūyou
4Proto-Germanic*þū—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
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