Gong
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early 17th century: from Malay gong, gung, of imitative origin.
wiktionary
From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeic.
From Middle English gong, from Old English gong, where it was originally a variant of the noun gang(“a going, walk, journey, way, etc.”), [1] derived from the verb gangan(“to go, walk, travel”), [2] whose relation to go in Proto-Germanic remains unclear. [3] Doublet of gang.
From Mandarin 功(“merit; achievement”).
etymonline
gong (n.)
c. 1600, from Malay (Austronesian) gong, which is probably imitative of its sound when struck. As a verb by 1853. Related: Gonged; gonging.
