An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. To set off a → detonation.
2. To explode or cause to explode.

Etymology (EN): From L. detonatus, p.p. of detonare “to thunder down, roar out,” from → de- + tonare “to thunder,” cf. Pers. tondar “thunder,” Skt. stanáyati “thunders,” tanyatá- “thundering,” Gk. stonos “groan,” stenein “to groan,” Thôrr “the Old Norse god of thunder,”
P.Gmc. thunraz (Du. donder, Ger. Donner “thunder,” E. thunder, Fr. tonnerre), PIE base (s)tene- “to resound, thunder.”

Etymology (PE): Tarâkidan “to split, cleave; to make a noise in splitting,”
variants tarakidan, taraqidan, taraqqé “firecracker,” from tarâk/tarak “split, cleft, crack; the noise of anything when splitting or cleaving,” maybe related to Pers. dar-, daridan “to tear, cut,” Av. dar- “to tear,” dərəta- “cut,” auua.dərənant- “shattering,” Skt. dar- “to crack, split, break, burst,” darati “he splits,” cf. Gk. derma “skin,” E. tear, Ger. zerren “to pull, to tear,” zehren “to undermine, to wear out,” PIE base *der- " to split, peel, flay."