dune

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰuHnom“enclosure”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*dūnom“stronghold, rampart”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*dūn, *dūnā
4. Middle Low German · borrowed fromdûne
5. Middle Dutch · derived fromdune
6. Dutch · borrowed fromduin
7. English todaydune

Partly from a dialectal form of down; and partly from Dutch duin (from Middle Dutch dune) or from Middle Low German dûne; all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūn, *dūnā, of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom (“enclosure”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of down (which see).

Words from the same roots