Where does “doan” come from?

doan (Manx) comes from Vietnamese Đoàn, from Middle Chinese 團 — sphere, round object.

doan (Manx): brown, brunette; hazel; swarthy, dark-skinned

Definitions

  1. brown, brunette; hazel; swarthy, dark-skinned

Ancestry of “doan”, step by step

doan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đoàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐoàn—
2Middle Chinese團sphere, round object

via Chinese 尹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese尹—
Every word from Middle Chinese 團 →Every word from Vietnamese Đoàn →