同根語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2
こん
Grade: 3

Grade: 2
kan’yōon on’yomi goon

Etymology

Compound of 同根 (dōkon, cognate; sibling, literally same + root) + (go, word).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [do̞ːkõ̞ŋɡo̞]

Noun

(どう)(こん)() • (dōkongo) 

  1. (linguistics) cognate (word), paronym

Usage notes

This appears to be a specialist term. While it is used in various references (see search results for Kotobank, for instance), those same references do not include an entry for this specific term.

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