English

thunderdunk

From thunder + dunk.

A compound of thunder + dunk

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-

Proto-Germanic *þunraz

Proto-West Germanic *þunr

Old English þunor

Middle English thunder

Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn ‘to make wet’

Old High German dunkōn ‘to dip, submerge, dunk’

Middle High German dunken

Pennsylvania German dunke

English dunk

Today it means

noun An extremely forceful dunk.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / thunderdunk