Where does “tún” come from?

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

tún (West Frisian): garden

Definitions

  1. garden

Ancestry of “tún”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiantūn—
2Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
3Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
4Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “tún”

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