Where does “duni” come from?

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

duni (Proto-West Germanic): sound, noise

Definitions

  1. sound, noise

Ancestry of “duni”, step by step

duni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic duniz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdunizsound; noise
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰún-is—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwen-make a noise

via Arabic دُنْيَا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدُنْيَاworld
2Arabicأَدْنَى—

Words derived from “duni”

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