Where does “tūną” come from?

tūną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

tūną (Proto-Germanic): fence; enclosure

Definitions

  1. fence; enclosure

Ancestry of “tūną”, step by step

tūną traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Gaulish dunum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
2Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Celtic *dūnom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Celtic*dūnom—

Words derived from “tūną”

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