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Where does “Hameldūne” come from?

Hameldūne (Old English) comes from Old English dūne, from Old English adūne, from Old English ofdūne, from Old English dūn, from Proto-Germanic *dūnā, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Ancestry of “Hameldūne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdūnehill; down, downward
2Old Englishadūne—
3Old Englishofdūneoff the hill; down
4Old Englishdūnhill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain
5Proto-Germanic*dūnā—
6Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “Hameldūne”

  • Hamilton
  • Hamiltonian
  • Hamiltonism
  • Hamiltonicity
  • Hamiltonianness
  • pseudohamiltonian
  • hypohamiltonian
  • Hamiltono
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