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Where does “Dook” come from?

Dook (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German dôk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic dōk, from Proto-Germanic dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwōg-.

Dook (German Low German): cloth

Definitions

  1. cloth

Ancestry of “Dook”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandôk—
2Old Saxondōk—
3Proto-West Germanicdōk—
4Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—
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