Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

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

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

Words derived from “donc”

  • donk
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