Etymology

tun

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Today it means: A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.) Full definition →

Middle English tunne ← Old English tunne ← Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ
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tun · noun, verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromtunna
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*tunnǭ
  3. Old English · derived fromtunne“tun, cask, barrel”
  4. Middle English · derived fromtunne
  5. English todaytun

From Middle English tunne, tonne (“cask, barrel”), from Old English tunne (“tun, cask, barrel”), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”), from Latin tunna, probably of Gaulish origin. Cognate with North Frisian tenn (“tun, barrel, cask”), Dutch ton (“tun, barrel, cask”), German Tonne (“tun, barrel, drum”), Danish tønde (“barrel”), Swedish tunna (“barrel, cask, tun”), Icelandic tunna (“barrel”). Compare also Old French tonne, French tonneau (“ton, barrel”), Medieval Latin tunna (“cask”), Middle Irish tunna (“cask”), Welsh tynell (“tun, barrel”). It is uncertain whether the Germanic or the Celtic forms are the original.

tun · noun2

  1. Mayan · derived from
  2. English todaytun

From Mayan.

tun · noun3

  1. Malay · borrowed fromtun
  2. Malay · borrowed fromtun
  3. English todaytun

Borrowed from Malay tun.

Tun · proper noun4

  1. Burmese · derived fromထွန်း
  2. English todayTun

From Burmese ထွန်း (htwan:).

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