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Where does “dudde” come from?

dudde (Middle English) comes from Old English dudda, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom — smoke; mist, haze.

dudde (Middle English): cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or...

Definitions

  1. cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or...

Ancestry of “dudde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdudda—
2Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
3Old English-tūn—
4Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
5Proto-West Germanictūnfence
6Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
7Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
8Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “dudde”

  • duds
  • dud
  • dudder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →