Where does “Tun” come from?

Tun (Plautdietsch) comes 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.

Tun (Plautdietsch): fence

Definitions

  1. fence

Ancestry of “Tun”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Tun”

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