Where does “eorþdyne” come from?

eorþdyne (Old English) comes from Old English dȳne, from Proto-West Germanic duni, from Proto-Germanic duniz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰún-is, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- — make a noise.

eorþdyne (Old English): earthquake

Definitions

  1. earthquake

Ancestry of “eorþdyne”, step by step

eorþdyne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English dȳne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdȳnedin
2Proto-West Germanicdunisound, noise
3Proto-Germanicdunizsound; noise
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰún-is—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwen-make a noise

via Old English eorþe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englisheorþeground; the planet Earth; dirt
2Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
3Proto-Germanicerþōearth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

Words derived from “eorþdyne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰún-is →Every word from Proto-Germanic duniz →