Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “tunder” come from?

tunder (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tundar, from Old Norse tundr, from Proto-Germanic tundrą — tinder.

Ancestry of “tunder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtundar—
2Old Norsetundr—
3Proto-Germanictundrątinder

Words derived from “tunder”

  • tonder
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