Inherited from Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (“cloth”)
Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.
dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, plural dúkar)
| Declension of dúkur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | dúkur | dúkurin | dúkar | dúkarnir |
| accusative | dúk | dúkin | dúkar | dúkarnar |
| dative | dúki | dúkinum | dúkum | dúkunum |
| genitive | dúks | dúksins | dúka | dúkanna |
From Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (“cloth”)
Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.
dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, nominative plural dúkar)