Proto-Celtic
*dūnom
‘stronghold, rampart’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Celtic *dūnom.
6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, most familiar first.
- down ← doune ← dūn ← *dūnā
- town ← toun ← tūn ← *tūn ← *tūną
- teen ← tenen ← tȳnan ← *tūnijan ← *tūn
- dun
- dune ← duin ← *dūn
- tine ← tynen ← tȳnan ← tūn ← *tūn
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *dūnom