dung
Old English
noun
Definitions
- dungeon, prison
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *dungz derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (cover, covering), *dʰengʰ- (cover, covering).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰengʰ-
Gloss
cover, covering
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- donjon English
- dung English
- *dominiōnem Latin
- *domnione Latin
- düngen German
- donjon Dutch, Flemish
- donjon French
- *dʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰn̥gʰ-, *dʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dungijǭ Proto-Germanic
- *dungiz, *dungaz Proto-Germanic
- *dungz Proto-Germanic
- *dungō Proto-Germanic
- donge Middle English
- donge, dung, dunge Middle English
- dongoun Middle English
- dungeon Middle English
- dyngja Old Norse
- *dǫga Proto-Slavic
- donjon Old French
- tung Old High German
- tunga Old High German
- dunk Old Dutch
- *dunjon-, *dungjo Frankish
- dangus Lithuanian
- dingti Lithuanian
- *danga Proto-Albanian