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Where does “-DON” come from?

-DON (Navajo) comes from Proto-Athabaskan dəmʼ — to become taut, full to burst.

-DON (Navajo): to blast, to explode, to shoot, to fire a gun; {|...

Definitions

  1. to blast, to explode, to shoot, to fire a gun; {|...

Ancestry of “-DON”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Athabaskandəmʼto become taut, full to burst
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