Etymology of the English word tun
the English word
tunderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*tunazderived from the Celtic root
*dunomderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dheuə-Derivations in English
town,
tundish,
tunned,
tunningCognates
Dutch
tombola, Dutch
toon, Dutch
ton, English
tombola, English
tone, English
ton, French
tonneau, French
tonne, French
tombola, French
ton, French
toux, German
Tombola, German
Tonne, German
Ton, Icelandic
tónn, Icelandic
tunna, Italian
tosse, Italian
tuono, Latin
tonus, Lithuanian
tonas, Lithuanian
tona, Norwegian
tombola, Polish
ton, Portuguese
tosse, Portuguese
tom, Provençal
tos, Provençal
tona, Russian
тoн, Russian
тoннa, Spanish
tos, Spanish
ton, Swedish
tombola, Swedish
ton, Swedish
tunnaUsage
Word found in Old English, Modern English
