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Where does “doch” come from?

doch (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch doch, from Old Dutch thoh, from Proto-West Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

doch (Dutch): yet, but, still, on the contrary, no, yes; but...

Definitions

  1. yet, but, still, on the contrary, no, yes; but...

Ancestry of “doch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdoch—
2Old Dutchthoh—
3Proto-West Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
4Proto-Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “doch”

  • toch
  • toch
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