Where does “dinnen” come from?
dinnen (Middle English) comes from Old English dynnan, from Proto-West Germanic dunnjan, from Proto-Germanic dunjaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- — make a noise.
Ancestry of “dinnen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | dynnan | to make a noise; to resound |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | dunnjan | to make loud noise |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dunjaną | to make a noise, to resound |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwen- | make a noise |