Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dokkā

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ.

Noun

*dokkā f

1. something round, ball; mass, lump
2. muscle; strength
3. bundle; stook, wisp; skein
4. doll (fashioned out of a bundle of straw or flax)

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dokkā
Genitive	*dokkōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dokkā	*dokkōn
Accusative	*dokkōn	*dokkōn
Genitive	*dokkōn	*dokkōnō
Dative	*dokkōn	*dokkōm, *dokkum
Instrumental	*dokkōn	*dokkōm, *dokkum

Descendants

• Old English: *docce
  • Middle English: *dokke, dok (merger with Old Norse *dokkr)
    • English: dock
    • Scots: dok
  • ⇒? Old English: docga (“stocky breed of dog”) (see there for descendants)
  • ⇒ Old English: fingerdocce
• Old Frisian: *dokke
  • Saterland Frisian: Dokke
  • West Frisian: dok
• Old Saxon: dokka
  • Middle Low German: docke
    • German Low German: Docke, Dock
• Old Dutch: *dokka
  • Middle Dutch: docke
    • Dutch: dok
• Old High German: tokka, tocka
  • Middle High German: tocke
    • German: Docke

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1 above, or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“dark”).

Noun

*dokkā f

1. (botany) dock (plant)

   Synonym: *amprō

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dokkā
Genitive	*dokkōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dokkā	*dokkōn
Accusative	*dokkōn	*dokkōn
Genitive	*dokkōn	*dokkōnō
Dative	*dokkōn	*dokkōm, *dokkum
Instrumental	*dokkōn	*dokkōm, *dokkum

Descendants

• Old English: docce
  • Middle English: dokke, docke, dok, doke, dokk
    • English: dock
• Old Saxon: dokka
  • Middle Low German: docke
    • → Old Danish: dokke
• Old Dutch: *docka
  • Middle Dutch: docke
    • Dutch: dokke
• Old High German: tocka
  • Middle High German: tocke
    • German: Docke