Where does “どうもありがとう” come from?
どうもありがとう (Japanese) comes from Japanese どうも, from Japanese も, from Old Japanese も, from Proto-Japonic mə, from Arabic مَن — who?; who.
どうもありがとう (Japanese): thank you very much
Ancestry of “どうもありがとう”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | どうも | no matter how, not at all; somehow, something;... |
| 2 | Japanese | も | Used to form the conjectural form of verbs,... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | も | — |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | mə | — |
| 5 | Arabic | مَن | who?; who |