Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dōkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk- (“cloth”). Cognate with Sanskrit ध्वज (dhvajá, “flag, banner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔː.kɑz/

Noun

*dōkaz m

1. cloth, rag

Inflection

Declension of *dōkaz (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*dōkaz	*dōkōz, *dōkōs
vocative	*dōk	*dōkōz, *dōkōs
accusative	*dōką	*dōkanz
genitive	*dōkas, *dōkis	*dōkǫ̂
dative	*dōkai	*dōkamaz
instrumental	*dōkō	*dōkamiz

Descendants

• Old Frisian: dōk
  • Saterland Frisian: Douk
  • West Frisian: doek
• Old Saxon: dōk
  • Middle Low German: dôk
    • German Low German: Dook
• Old Dutch: *dōc
  • Middle Dutch: dōk, doec, doeck
    • Dutch: doek
      • Scots: doock, dook
      • English: duck
• Old High German: tuoh
  • Middle High German: tuoch
    • Central Franconian: Duch
    • German: Tuch
      • German Low German: Tüüg
      • Esperanto: tuko
    • Luxembourgish: Duch
    • Pennsylvania German: Duch
    • Yiddish: טוך‎ (tukh)
• Old Norse: dúkr (possibly borrowed)
  • Icelandic: dúkur
  • Faroese: dúkur
  • Norwegian: duk
  • Old Swedish: dūker
    • Swedish: duk
  • Danish: dug