Where does “どん” come from?

どん (Japanese) comes from Japanese ど, from Japanese と, from Old Japanese と, from Proto-Japonic tə, from Proto-Uralic tä — that.

どん (Japanese): A sound made by one object hitting another. Thud;...

Definitions

  1. A sound made by one object hitting another. Thud;...

Ancestry of “どん”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseどsuper-; 度 degree, extent; 努 the third of the...
2Japaneseとwith; and; a particle following a phrase or...
3Old Japaneseと—
4Proto-Japonictəplace
5Proto-Uralictäthat
Every word from Proto-Uralic tä →Every word from Proto-Japonic tə →Every word from Old Japanese と →