Proto-Germanic

*dūnaz

‘heap, pile’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *dūnaz.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz, most familiar first.

• down ← doun ← dūne ← adūne ← ofdūne
• duvet ← dun ← dúnn
• duvetyne ← duvetine ← *dumet ← dun ← dūnn

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *dūnaz