Dung

Signification (Anglais)

dung

Concepts

fumier

engrais

bouse

guano

Synonymes

Mist

Dünger

Düngemittel

Guano

Traductions

dung

manure

estiércol

abono

letame

fertilizer

gübre

muck

estrume

fertiliser

night soil

sterco

concime

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dʊŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à Old Saxon: dung

Appartenant à anglais: dung

In summary

From Middle High German tunc, tunge, from Old High German tung, tunga, from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”).
The word also meant in High German—and it seems exclusively in Low German (compare Old Saxon dung)—a dwelling or storage room (originally under the earth and covered with dung), from Proto-West Germanic *dung (“cellar”); also compare *dungijǭ (“dung-hill, dung-heap; bower”). The modern consonantism is of regional origin (see düngen). Cognate to English dung.