Where does “dunetă” come from?

dunetă (Romanian) comes from French dunette, from French dune, from Old French dune, from Middle Dutch dûne, from Old English dūn, from Proto-Germanic *dūnā, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

dunetă (Romanian): poop deck

Definitions

  1. poop deck

Ancestry of “dunetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdunettepoop deck
2Frenchdunedune
3Old Frenchdune—
4Middle Dutchdûne—
5Old Englishdūnhill, down; hill, dune; hill, mountain
6Proto-Germanic*dūnā—
7Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Proto-Germanic *dūnā →
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