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Proto-Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*thunraz</span> (source also of Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">þorr</span>, Old Frisian <span class="foreign notranslate">thuner</span>, Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">donre</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">donder</span>, Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">donar</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Donner</span> "thunder"), from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*(s)tene-</span> "to resound, thunder" (source also of Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">tanayitnuh</span> "thundering," Persian <span class="foreign notranslate">tundar</span> "thunder," Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">tonare</span> "to thunder"). Swedish <span class="foreign notranslate">tordön</span> is literally "Thor's din." Since 18c. explained as due to sudden disturbance of the air caused by a discharge of electricity.</p> <p>The unetymological <span class="foreign notranslate">-d-</span> also is found in Dutch and Icelandic versions of the word (see <a href="/word/D" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of D " class="crossreference notranslate">D</a>). Of any loud, resounding noise or awful or startling threat or denunciation by 1590s. In mild oaths (<span class="foreign notranslate">by thunder</span>) by 1709; as an intensifier (<span class="foreign notranslate">like thunder</span>) by 1826. To <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">steal (one's) thunder</span></strong> "use the ideas, rhetoric, etc. of one's opponent to one's own advantage" is by 1838, from the theatrical anecdote (attested by 1821) of Dennis's ire at seeing his stage-effect thunder used in another's production. <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">Thunder-stick</span></strong>, an imagined word used by primitive peoples for "gun," attested from 1904.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:mid-13c.">mid-13c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_45615" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of thunder" class="word__name--TTbAA">thunder<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">thondren</span>, "give forth thunder, resound with thunder," from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">þunrian</span>, from the source of <a href="/word/thunder#etymonline_v_13285" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of thunder " class="crossreference notranslate">thunder</a> (n.). The figurative sense of "speak bombastically, utter with a loud, threatening voice" is recorded from mid-14c. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Thundered</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">thundering</span>. Compare Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">donderen</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">donnern</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:13c.">13c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to thunder">Entries linking to <i>thunder</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of D" href="/word/D#etymonline_v_29130">D<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">delta</span>, from Phoenician and Hebrew <span class="foreign notranslate">daleth</span>, pausal form of <span class="foreign notranslate">deleth</span> "door," so called from its shape.</p> <p>The form of the modern letter is the Greek delta (Δ) with one angle rounded. As the sign for "500" in Roman numerals, it is said to be half of CIƆ, which was an early form of M, the sign for "1,000." <span class="foreign notranslate">3-D</span> for "three-dimensional" is attested from 1952.</p> <p>*</p> <p><strong>Unetymological <span class="foreign notranslate">-d-</span></strong> is the result of a tendency in English and neighboring languages, perhaps for euphony, to add <span class="foreign notranslate">-d-</span> to <span class="foreign notranslate">-n-</span>, and especially to insert or swap a <span class="foreign notranslate">-d- </span>sound when <span class="foreign notranslate">-l-</span> or <span class="foreign notranslate">-r-</span> follow too closely an <span class="foreign notranslate">-n-</span>.</p> <p>Compare <a href="/word/sound#etymonline_v_23919" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sound " class="crossreference notranslate">sound</a> (n.1), <a href="/word/thunder#etymonline_v_13285" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of thunder " class="crossreference notranslate">thunder</a> (n.), <a href="/word/pound#etymonline_v_18588" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pound " class="crossreference notranslate">pound</a> (v.), <a href="/word/spindle" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of spindle " class="crossreference notranslate">spindle</a>, <a href="/word/kindred" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of kindred " class="crossreference notranslate">kindred</a>, <a href="/word/strand#etymonline_v_22145" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of strand " class="crossreference notranslate">strand</a> (n.2) "fiber of rope," dialectal <span class="foreign notranslate">rundel</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">rundle</span> for <a href="/word/runnel" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of runnel " class="crossreference notranslate">runnel</a>. <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">Swound</span></strong> was a form of <span class="foreign notranslate">swoun</span> (<a href="/word/swoon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of swoon " class="crossreference notranslate">swoon</a>) attested from mid-15c, and used by Malory, Spenser, Lyly, Middleton, Beaumont & Fletcher. Also obsolete <strong><span class="foreign notranslate">round</span></strong> (n.) "whispering," variant of <span class="foreign notranslate">roun</span> "secret, mystery, divine mystery" (from Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">run</span>, source of <span class="foreign notranslate">rune</span>), with unetymological <span class="foreign notranslate">-d</span> attested by 15c. in the verb. </p> <p>Among the words from French are <a href="/word/powder#etymonline_v_18594" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of powder " class="crossreference notranslate">powder</a> (n.), <a href="/word/meddle" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of meddle " class="crossreference notranslate">meddle</a>, <a href="/word/tender#etymonline_v_7728" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of tender " class="crossreference notranslate">tender</a> (adj.), <a href="/word/remainder" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of remainder " class="crossreference notranslate">remainder</a>, <a href="/word/gender#etymonline_v_1349" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of gender " class="crossreference notranslate">gender</a> (n.), also <a href="/word/riband" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of riband " class="crossreference notranslate">riband</a>, <a href="/word/jaundice" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of jaundice " class="crossreference notranslate">jaundice</a>. It is less evident in <a href="/word/spider" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of spider " class="crossreference notranslate">spider</a> (an agent noun from the Germanic *<span class="foreign notranslate">spin-</span> root), and perhaps explains <a href="/word/lender" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of lender " class="crossreference notranslate">lender</a> in place of <span class="foreign notranslate">loaner</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of astonish" href="/word/astonish#etymonline_v_17988">astonish<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>c. 1300, <span class="foreign notranslate">astonien</span>, "to stun, strike senseless," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">estoner</span> "to stun, daze, deafen, astound," from Vulgar Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*extonare</span>, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ex</span> "out" (see <a href="/word/ex-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ex- " class="crossreference notranslate">ex-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">tonare</span> "to thunder" (see <a href="/word/thunder#etymonline_v_13285" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of thunder " class="crossreference notranslate">thunder</a> (n.)); so, literally "to leave someone thunderstruck." The modern form (influenced by English verbs in <span class="foreign notranslate">-ish</span>, such as <span class="foreign notranslate">distinguish, diminish</span>) is attested from 1520s. The meaning "amaze, shock with wonder" is from 1610s.</p> <blockquote> No wonder is thogh that she were astoned [Chaucer, "Clerk's Tale"] </blockquote> <p>In Tyndale the voice of God left Saul <span class="foreign notranslate">astonyed</span>. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Astonished</span>; <a href="/word/astonishing" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of astonishing " class="crossreference notranslate">astonishing</a>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of blunderbuss" href="/word/blunderbuss"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">blunderbuss</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of detonation" href="/word/detonation"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">detonation</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of intonate" href="/word/intonate"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">intonate</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of intone" href="/word/intone"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">intone</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Thor" href="/word/Thor"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Thor</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of thunderation" href="/word/thunderation"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">thunderation</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of thunderbird" href="/word/thunderbird"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">thunderbird</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of thunderbolt" href="/word/thunderbolt"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">thunderbolt</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of thunderclap" href="/word/thunderclap"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">thunderclap</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of thunderhead" href="/word/thunderhead"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">thunderhead</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of thunderous" href="/word/thunderous"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">thunderous</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of thunderstorm" href="/word/thunderstorm"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">thunderstorm</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of thunderstruck" href="/word/thunderstruck"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">thunderstruck</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Thursday" href="/word/Thursday"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Thursday</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of tonite" href="/word/tonite"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">tonite</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of tornado" href="/word/tornado"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">tornado</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/thunder/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->18<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of thunder">Trends of <i>thunder</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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