unda

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) wave
2. (declension-1, feminine, figuratively) a throng, multitude
3. (declension-1, feminine, poetic) water(s)

Concepts

wave

👋

water

🚰

billow

Synonyms

fluctus

👋

Translations

Welle

👋

onda

👋

vague

👋

onda

👋

κύμα

ola

👋

onda

👋

golf

👋

dalga

👋

Woge

onde

👋

onada

👋

baar

pêl

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈʊn.da]

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a collective of Proto-Indo-European *udn-om n (“body of water”) (compare Latvian ūdens (“water”)) reanalysed as a feminine singular and with metathesis of *-dn- to *-nd-, from *wódr̥, *udn- (“water”), attested in Italic as Umbrian 𐌖𐌕𐌖𐌓 (utur, “water”).
The resemblance to Proto-Germanic *unþī (“wave”) appears to be coincidental, with at most minor semantic confluence.