What is the ど in やけど? Given that means "burn", it seems likely that the part is . What about the , though? (The kanji for - i.e. - don't help, because those characters are obviously , and would ordinarily be read .)

Shogakukan's _Kokugo Dai Jiten Dictionary_ backs up senshin's answer, listing the following for the term's etymology:

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> Meaning {}{} ("burnt place"). Also read as _yaketo_