Thud Definition
Other Word Forms of Thud
Noun
Origin of Thud
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From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon"), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust"), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijanÄ…, *þiudijanÄ… (“to strike, thrust"), from Proto-Germanic *þūhanÄ…, *þeuhanÄ… (“to press"), from Proto-Indo-European *tÅ«k- (“to beat"). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter"), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press"), Old English þēowan (“to press"), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft, fig. oppression, torment") .
From Wiktionary
Perhaps from Middle English thudden to strike with a weapon from Old English thyddan of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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