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Where does “yôon” come from?

yôon (French) comes from Japanese 拗音, from Japanese 音, from Middle Chinese 音.

yôon (French): the sound of a mora involving a consonant,...

Definitions

  1. the sound of a mora involving a consonant,...

Ancestry of “yôon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese拗音the sound of a mora involving a consonant,...
2Japanese音sound; speech sound; Short for 音読み : the...
3Middle Chinese音—
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