Where does “dyn” come from?
dyn (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk dynja, from Old Norse dynja, from Proto-Germanic dunjaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- — make a noise.
dyn (Norwegian Nynorsk): inflection of dynja:
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Definitions
- inflection of dynja:
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Ancestry of “dyn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | dynja | to resound, to boom, to reverberate |
| 2 | Old Norse | dynja | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dunjaną | to make a noise, to resound |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwen- | make a noise |