Where does “コンカニ” come from?

コンカニ (Ainu) comes from Japanese 黄金, from Chinese 黃金, from Old Japanese 金 — metal.

コンカニ (Ainu): gold

Definitions

  1. gold

Ancestry of “コンカニ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese黄金the metal gold; the color gold; money, more...
2Chinese黃金gold; money; poop
3Old Japanese金metal
Every word from Old Japanese 金 →Every word from Chinese 黃金 →Every word from Japanese 黄金 →