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

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 English: dōcincel
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