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

Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *dūnom