Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/duni

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duniz.

Noun

*duni m

sound, noise

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*duni
Genitive	*dunī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*duni	*dunī
Accusative	*duni	*dunī
Genitive	*dunī	*dunnjō
Dative	*dunī	dunim, dunnjum
Instrumental	*dunī	dunim, dunnjum

Derived terms

*dunnjan

Descendants

Old English: dyne, dyn
- Middle English: dune, dyne, dene, dine, dyn
  - Scots: dyn, din
  - English: dun, din
Old Saxon: *duni
- Middle Low German: done, döne, don
Old Dutch: *duni
- Middle Dutch: dōne, dōon, duene
  - Dutch: deun
Old High German: tuni, (Central German) *duni
- Middle High German: tōn, dōn, dōne, dœne (merged with a borrowing from Latin tonus)
  - German: Ton

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