Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dōk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.

Noun

*dōk m

1. cloth, rag

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dōk
Genitive	*dōkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dōk	*dōkō, *dōkōs
Accusative	*dōk	*dōkā
Genitive	*dōkas	*dōkō
Dative	*dōkē	*dōkum
Instrumental	*dōku	*dōkum

Derived terms

• *dōkijan

Descendants

• >? Old English: dōc (“bastard, mongrel”) (with change in meaning)
• Old Frisian: dōk
  • Saterland Frisian: Douk
  • West Frisian: doek
• Old Saxon: dōk
  • Middle Low German: dôk, dûk
    • German Low German: Dook
    • → Old Norse: dúkr
      • Icelandic: dúkur
      • Faroese: dúkur
      • Norwegian Bokmål: duk
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: duk
      • Old Swedish: dūker
        • Swedish: duk, dok
      • Danish: dug
• Old Dutch: *dōk, *duoc
  • Middle Dutch: doec
    • Dutch: doek
      • Afrikaans: doek
        • → English: doek
        • → Shona: dhuku
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: duku
      • Jersey Dutch: duk
      • Negerhollands: doek, doekoe
      • → Akan: duku
        • → Nkonya: duku
        • → Wali (Ghana): ’duuku
      • → Akebu: ɖuku-yǝ (via an intermediary language)
      • → Lokono: doko
      • → Aukan: duku
      • → English: duck, dook
      • → Fon: dukwí
      • → Indonesian: duk
      • → Japanese: ズック
      • → Mbelime: dukìhṵ̀ (via an intermediary language)
      • → Nawdm: dukŋa (via an intermediary language)
      • → Scots: dook
      • → Sranan Tongo: duku
        • → Caribbean Javanese: duku
        • → Dutch: doekoe
    • Limburgish: dook
• Old High German: tuoh
  • Middle High German: tuoch
    • Alemannic German: Tuech
      • Swabian: Tuach
    • Central Franconian: Duch
    • Cimbrian: tuach
    • German: Tuch
      • → Esperanto: tuko
    • Luxembourgish: Duch
    • Pennsylvania German: Duch
    • Yiddish: טוך (tukh)
• Lombardic: *tuoh
  • → Lombard: toh
    • → Italian: tocca, toca, tòcche
      • →? Spanish: toca
      • → Middle French: tocque
        • French: toque
          • English: toque
    • → Old High German: toh