Where does “dunne” come from?

dunne (Middle English) comes from Old English dunn, from Proto-Germanic dusnaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Ancestry of “dunne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdunnbrown; bleak, dark, dim
2Proto-Germanicdusnazbrownish; brown; yellow
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dusnaz →Every word from Old English dunn →