Where does “donn” come from?

donn (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic dusnos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

donn (Old Irish): brown, tawny, dun; hazel; chestnut

Definitions

  1. brown, tawny, dun; hazel; chestnut

Ancestry of “donn”, step by step

donn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic dusnos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticdusnosdark, brown
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Proto-Indo-European dʰus-no-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰus-no-—

Words derived from “donn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dusnos →