dunt

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰen-“to beat, push”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*duntiz“shock, blow”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dunti
4. Old English · inherited fromdynt“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe, thud, the mark or noise of a blow, a bruise, noise, crash”
5. Middle English · inherited fromdunt
6. English todaydunt

From Middle English dunt, dynt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe, thud, the mark or noise of a blow, a bruise, noise, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *dunti, from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“shock, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt (“stroke”). Doublet of dent and dint.

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