bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk

Etymology
in his 1939 novel  (see quote) as a sequence of apparently random syllables, representing the sound of a thunderclap associated with the fall of Adam and Eve. The word is one of ten "thunderwords" in the book. According to Roland McHugh, the term is an amalgam of the words for "thunder" in several different languages; see the collapsible box for his breakdown.


 * "gharagh":
 * "kamminar":
 * "bronnto": or
 * "tonnerr":
 * "tuonn":
 * "thunn": Old (but words from various other Germanic or Romance languages could fit here too)
 * "trova":
 * "awnska":
 * "toohoohoordenen":
 * "thurnuk":

Other sources give slightly different decompositions. Some common suggestions include:
 * "bababadal":
 * "gharaghta":
 * "skawn": (?)