Old English · noun
dun
Normalised dūn
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /duːn/
- Syllables
- duːn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- hilldown
dun1 · adjective · alternative form
Senses
-
alternative form of dunn
dun2 · noun · feminine
Senses
-
hill, mountain
Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 22:2
"Take your only-begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and quickly go to the land of Visionis, and sacrifice him there upon a mountain."
Declension · strong ō-stem
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dūnu, *dūnā (“sand dune”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“heap, pile”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”); or alternatively a late borrowing from Proto-Celtic *dūnom from the same Proto-Indo-European source.
Descendants
down
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