Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dukkǭ

This Proto-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.

From pre-Germanic *dʰugʰ-néh₂-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce; to be strong”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dugь (“strength, power”), Old Armenian յանդուգն (yandugn, “headstrong”).

*dukkǭ f

1. power, strength
2. muscle
3. mass, lump
4. bundle, stook, wisp, skein
5. strawman, straw figure, doll

• Proto-West Germanic: *dokkā
  • 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
• Old Norse: dokka
  • Icelandic: dokka
  • Danish: dukke
    • → Icelandic: dúkka
  • Norwegian: dukke
  • Swedish: docka