Where does “donc” come from?

donc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch dunk, from Proto-Germanic dungz, from Proto-Mien *duŋᴮ.

Ancestry of “donc”, step by step

donc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch dunk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdunk—
2Proto-Germanicdungzcellar
3Proto-Mien*duŋᴮ—

via Old Dutch dung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdung—

Words derived from “donc”

Every word from Proto-Mien *duŋᴮ →Every word from Proto-Germanic dungz →Every word from Old Dutch dunk →