dyngja
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- a dunghill
- a lady's bower
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ (bower, an enclosed space, a vault, treasury) root from Proto-Indo-European *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
- dungeon English
- dungeoneer English
- dungeoner English
- dungeonesque English
- dungeonish English
- dungeonlike English
- dungeonous English
- dungeony English
- endungeon English
- indungeon English
- sex dungeon English
- tunkio Finnish
- düngen German
- *dʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰn̥gʰ-, *dʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dungijǭ Proto-Germanic
- *dungiz, *dungaz Proto-Germanic
- *dungz Proto-Germanic
- *dungō Proto-Germanic
- dynga Swedish
- dyncge Old English
- dungeon Middle English
- *dǫga Proto-Slavic
- dyngja Icelandic
- tung Old High German
- dyngia Old Swedish
- *dungjo Frankish
- *dunjon-, *dungjo Frankish
- dangus Lithuanian
- dingti Lithuanian
- *danga Proto-Albanian