dunni

Translingual

Etymology

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Dunn.

Adjective

dunni

Dunn (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Dunn's ..."

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), whence also Old English þynne, Old Norse þunnr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdun.ni/

Adjective

dunni

thin

Descendants

Middle High German: dünne
- Alemannic German: tünn, dünn
- German: dünn
- Luxembourgish: dënn
- Vilamovian: dynn
- Yiddish: דין‎ (din)

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