Etymology

din

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Today it means: A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion. Full definition →

Middle English dyne ← Old English dyne ← Proto-West Germanic *duni
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din · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*dʰún-is
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*duniz
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*duni
  4. Old English · inherited fromdyne
  5. Middle English · inherited fromdyne
  6. English todaydin

From Middle English dyne, dynne, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰún-is, from *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”). Cognate with English tone, Sanskrit धुनि (dhúni, “sounding”), ध्वनति (dhvánati, “to make a noise, to roar”), Old Norse dynr, Norwegian Nynorsk dynja, Swedish dån, dön.

din · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰwen-“to make a noise”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dunjaną
  3. Old English · inherited fromdynnan
  4. Middle English · inherited fromdynnen
  5. English todaydin

From Middle English dynnen, from Old English dynnan, from Proto-Germanic *dunjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”).

DIN · proper noun3

  1. German · borrowed fromDIN
  2. German · borrowed fromDIN
  3. English todayDIN

Borrowed from German DIN.

Din · proper noun4

  1. Khmer · derived fromឌិន
  2. English todayDin

From Khmer ឌិន (dɨn).

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