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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *dhwen-
Meaning: to make noise, to thunder
Old Indian: dhvanati `to sound, roar, reverberate'; dhvaní- m. `sound, echo, voice', dhvanita- n. `sound, thunder', dhúni- `roaring, sounding', dhunayati `to roar, flow noisily'
Baltic: *dun-d-ē̂- vb., *dun̂-d-in̂- vb., *dūn-ā- vb., *dun-ē̂- vb., *dun-jā̂ f.
Germanic: *dun=, *dun-ja- m., *dun-ja- vb., *dun-ō- vb.
Russ. meaning: шуметь, греметь
References: WP I 869
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *dun-d-ē̂- vb., *dun̂-d-in̂- vb., *dūn-ā- vb., *dun-ē̂- vb., *dun-jā̂ f.
Meaning: thunder
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: dundḗti `dröhnen', caus. dùndinti; duñgzti (dų̃zgia, dų̃zgē) 'hohl dröhnen, brausen', dial. dunzgḗti 'dröhnen', dial. (Niemi-Sab., #348) sudūnō upela, dūnō 'es dröhnte das Flüsschen, es drōhnte'
Lettish: dunêt (-u, -ẽju) 'dumpf tönen, brausen, tosen, dröhnen', dun̨a 'Getöse'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *dun=, *dunja-z, *dunjan-, *dunōn- vb.
Meaning: shout
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: dün-r m. `Lärm'; dünja wk. `dröhnen, lärmen'; duna wk. `dröhnen'
Norwegian: dial. dün, dun; dünja vb.; duna vb.
Old Swedish: dünia vb.
Swedish: dön, dɔn; dial. duna vb.
Old Danish: dunne, dönne vb.
Danish: dön
Old English: dyne m. `Gedröhne'; dynian, dynnan `dröhnen'
English: din
Old Saxon: dunian (dunida) `dröhnen'
Middle Dutch: done, doon m. `deun, toon, geluid'
Dutch: deun m.
Middle Low German: don(e) m., döne n., f. `deun, aard'
Old High German: { tuni `Lärm' }
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 433
Root: dhu̯en-, dhun-
English meaning: to hum
German meaning: `dröhnen, tönen'
Material: Ai. dhvánati `tönt, rauscht', dhvaní- m. `Laut, Hall, Donner, Wort', dhvaná- m. `Laut, ein bestimmter Wind', dhvanita- n. `Ton, Hall, Donner', dhúni- `rauschend, brausend, tosend', dhunáyati `rauscht';

    anord. dynr m. `Gedröhne', ags. dyne n. ds., engl. din, ahd. tuni ds.; anord. dynia (Prät. dunda) `dröhnen, lärmen', ags. dynnan, as. dunnian mhd. tünen `dröhnen'; germ. Erweiterungen davon scheinen anord. dynkr `Lärm, Schlag', mengl. dunchen, engl. dunch `puffen' und ndd. dunsen `dröhnen, stampfen', schwed. dial. dunsa `krachen, schlagen'.

    Einmischung neuerlicher Schallnachahmungen kommt für die germ. Worte ebenso wie für lit. dundė́ti `heftig pochen, dröhnen' in Frage.

References: WP. I 869.
Pages: 277
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