Where does “dōn of” come from?

dōn of (Old English) comes from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic dōn, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

dōn of (Old English): to take off (remove)

Definitions

  1. to take off (remove)

Ancestry of “dōn of”, step by step

dōn of traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English dōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdōnto do
2Proto-West Germanicdōnto do; to put, to place
3Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Old English of

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
2Old Englishæfof
3Proto-Germanic*ab—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “dōn of”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōną →