thunder
Betekenis (Engels)
Sinonieme
hell dust
nose drops
make noise
big H
rough stuff
blat out
clap of thunder
raise one’s voice
roll about
storm wind
muttering of clouds
roar loudly
name calling
sky god
pepper-and-salt
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈθʌndə/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þunor (“thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunr, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten-, *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). Compare astound, astonish, stun. Germanic cognates include West Frisian tonger, Dutch donder, German Donner, Old Norse Þórr (English Thor), Danish torden, Norwegian Nynorsk tore. Other cognates include Persian تندر (tondar), Latin tonō, detonō, Ancient Greek στένω (sténō), στενάζω (stenázō), στόνος (stónos), Στέντωρ (Sténtōr), Irish torann, Welsh taran, Gaulish Taranis. Doublet of donner, Thunor, and Thor.
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