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“邓迪”这个地名的[[语源]]至今没有定论。[[古英语]]文献中出现过“Donde”（1177年）、“Dunde”（1199年）以及“Dundoo”（1200年）的表记。<ref>{{citation | last = Mackay| first = George| title = ''Scottish Place Names Geddes & Grosset'' p.30 | year = 2000 | publisher = }}</ref>从现代[[苏格兰盖尔语]]的表记“Dùn Dè”来分析，前半部分“Dùn”是一个重要的地名构词成分，意为“堡垒”。而这个[[词缀]]在[[凯尔特语族]]中的[[盖尔亚支|盖尔语]]、[[布立吞亚支|布立吞语]]和[[皮克特语]]中也很常见。<ref>{{citation | last = Taylor | first = I | title = Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature | year = 1898 | publisher = Rivingtons | location = London | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NnEOxRtqYXAC&pg=PP4&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1 }}</ref>后半部分“Dè”的来源则不甚明显。目前的[[语言学]]界有三种主流说法：一种可能性是它来自[[盖尔亚支|盖尔语]]的“Dèagh”，意为“火”。现代苏格兰盖尔语也用“Dùn Dèagh”表记该地名。还有一种假说认为它与[[泰河]]（Tay）的名称同源。从一位苏格兰[[地图学|地图学者]]（约1583-1596年）的[[地图]]中可以看到“Duntay”的表记。<ref>{{citation |last=Pont |first=T |title=Lower Angus and Perthshire east of the Tay. |publisher=www.nls.uk |date=c1583-96 |url=http://www.nls.uk/maps/counties/detail.cfm?id=289 |archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20130415182116/http://maps.nls.uk/counties/detail.cfm?id=289 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-04-15 |accessdate=2008-09-02 }}</ref>按此说法，“邓迪”可以解释为”泰河边上的堡垒“。最后一种假说认为，该名称来源于一位名为“Daigh”的地方统治者。<ref>{{Cite book | last = Barrow | first = G.W.S. | year = 1990 | contribution = Earl David's Burgh | editor-last = Kay | editor-first = W | title = The Dundee Book | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | location = Edinburgh }}</ref>
民间语源则认为该镇原名“Alectum”，第八代[[亨廷顿伯爵]]大卫从“圣地”归来，将这里改名为“Dei Donum”（来自上帝的礼物）。<ref>{{citation | last = Boece | first = H. |orig-year=1527 |date=1821 | title = The History and Chronicles of Scotland (Translated by J. Bellenden, 1536) |translator=Bellenden, J. | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YUJkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3#PPA245,M1 | publisher = W&C Tait | location = Edinburgh }}</ref>这种说法可能受到了{{tsl|en|Romano-British culture| 罗马-不列颠文化}} 的影响。
=== 石器时代 ===
邓迪在[[中石器时代]]就有早期人类定居的迹象。<ref>{{harvnb|Mathewson|1879}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| work = Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Canmore Database | title = Dundee, Stannergate | url = http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=33477 | accessdate =2011-04-22}}</ref>1879年，考古学者在邓迪港口附近出土了一个[[贝冢]]，在里面发现了一些可以追溯到中石器时代的[[燧石]]、木炭和石斧。<ref>{{citation | author = Mathewson(1878–79) | title = Dundee, Stannergate | url = http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=33477 | publisher = www.rcahms.gov.uk | accessdate = 2009-02-27 }}</ref>