From Middle English dynne, dyne, dyn, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European, from *dʰwen-.
Cognate with Sanskrit धुनि ("sounding"), ध्वनति, Old Norse dynr, Norwegian Nynorsk dynja.
From Middle English dynnen, from Old English dynnan, from Proto-Germanic *dunjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwen- ("to make a noise").
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