From Middle English thudden, from Old English þyddan, from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną, from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *tūk-. Cognate with Old English þoddettan, Old English þȳdan, Old English þēowan, Albanian thundër.
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