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
どうもありがとう traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese どうも
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 | non-unique topic marker: also, even |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | mə | non-unique topic marker: also, even, too, as well |
| 5 | Arabic | مَن | who?; who |
via Japanese ありがとう
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ありがとう | thank you |
| 2 | Japanese | ありがたく | gratefully, thankfully, with gratitude |
| 3 | Japanese | ありがたし | — |
| 4 | Japanese | 有り | existence; handling; OK, acceptable |
| 5 | Japanese | 有る | — |