Etymology

djong

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Today it means: An ancient kind of sailing ship originating from Java. Full definition →

Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ ← Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ
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The story

  1. Proto-Mon-Khmer · derived from*d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ“boat”
  2. Javanese · borrowed fromꦗꦺꦴꦁ
  3. English todaydjong

Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Doublet of junk.

Words from the same roots

Javaneseꦗꦺꦴꦁ all →

junk

Proto-Mon-Khmer*d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ all →

junk

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.