Where does “Brädatun” come from?

Brädatun (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Tun, from Middle Low German tūn, from Old Saxon tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Brädatun (Plautdietsch): board fence, boarding

Definitions

  1. board fence, boarding

Ancestry of “Brädatun”, step by step

Brädatun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Tun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschTunfence
2Middle Low Germantūn—
3Old Saxontūn—
4Proto-West Germanictūnfence
5Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
6Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
7Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Swedish bräda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbrädaboard; skateboard, longboard, snowboard etc
2Old Swedishbrædha—
3Proto-Germanicbredąboard, plank, shelf
4Proto-Germanicbʰredʰóm—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-dʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →