Where does “dotaku” come from?

dotaku (English) comes from Japanese 銅鐸, from Japanese 銅, from Japanese 金, from Middle Chinese 金.

dotaku (English): A richly-decorated Japanese bell made from thin...

Definitions

  1. A richly-decorated Japanese bell made from thin...

Ancestry of “dotaku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese銅鐸dotaku, a large cast-bronze bell decorated with images, used as a ritual focus
2Japanese銅copper, Cu
3Japanese金metal; money; firmness, strength
4Middle Chinese金—
Every word from Middle Chinese 金 →Every word from Japanese 金 →Every word from Japanese 銅 →