Etymology

dunch

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Today it means: To knock against; to hit, punch Full definition →

Middle English dunchen ← Old English denġan ← Proto-Germanic *dangijaną
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dunch · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dangijaną“to bang, knock”
  2. Old English · inherited fromdenġan
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdengen
  4. Middle English · inherited fromdunchen
  5. English todaydunch

From Middle English dunchen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from the noun (see below); or of North Germanic origin, related to Old Swedish diunga (“to hit, knock”), dialectal Swedish dunka (“to beat”); or from Middle English dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan (“to knock, ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to bang, knock”). Compare English dinge.

dunch · noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dunkiz
  2. Old English · inherited from*dynċ
  3. Middle English · inherited fromdunche
  4. English todaydunch

From Middle English dunche, perhaps from Old English *dynċ, from Proto-Germanic *dunkiz. Compare Old Norse dykr, dynkr (“a crashing noise”), Danish dunk (“a blow”), Swedish dunk (“a thump, clap”), Norwegian dunk (“a knock, bump”).

dunch · noun3

Blend of dinner + lunch, probably in imitation of brunch.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishdengen all →

dinge

Old Englishdenġan all →

dinge

Proto-Germanic*dangijaną all →

dinge

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