Hyphenation
du·vetPronunciation
Etymology
[ d(y)u-'vA, 'd(y)ü-" ] (noun.) 1758. From French duvet, from Middle French, from Old French duvet (“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, from Old French dum, dun (“down, feathers”), of Germanic origin, from Old Norse dúnn (“down, down feather”), from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhūw- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”). Cognate with Icelandic dúnn (“down”), Danish dun (“down”), German Daune (“down”). More at down.