The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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ENTRY: | (s)ten- |
DEFINITION: | To thunder. Oldest form *sten2-. 1. Zero-grade form *st-. a. thunder; Thursday, from Old English thunor, thunder, Thor; b. blunderbuss, dunderhead, from Middle Dutch doner, donder, thunder; c. Thor, from Old Norse Thrr (older form Thunarr), thunder, thunder god. ac all from Germanic *thunaraz. 2. O-grade form *ton-. tornado; astonish, detonate, stun, from Latin tonre, to thunder. (Pokorny 1. (s)ten- 1021.) |
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