Where does “dūna” come from?

dūna (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

dūna (Old Dutch): dune

Definitions

  1. dune

Ancestry of “dūna”, step by step

dūna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic dūnom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Proto-Germanic *dūnǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*dūnǭ—

Words derived from “dūna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →