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Where does “dona” come from?

dona (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic dognawos.

dona (Old Irish): bad, unfortunate

Definitions

  1. bad, unfortunate

Ancestry of “dona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticdognawos—

Words derived from “dona”

  • donacht
  • donaigh
  • donaire
  • donán
  • dona
  • dona
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