English word dune comes from Gaulish dunum (A fort.), Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-, Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-, Old English dun (Hill, mountain.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| dunum | Gaulish (cel-gau) | A fort. |
| *dʰews- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *dʰewh₂- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to rise in smoke |
| dun | Old English (ang) | Hill, mountain. |
| *dūnaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Down (feathers of small birds). |
| dūn | Old English (ang) | |
| dúnn | Old Norse (non) | |
| doun | Middle English (enm) | Down Down. |
| down | English (eng) | From one end to another of.. From the higher end to the lower of. (baseball, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.. (colloquial) With "on", negative about, hostile to. (not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.. (not comparable, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.. (not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot [...] |
| dune | English (eng) | (geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind. |