Where does “Dogge” come from?

Dogge (German) comes from English dogge, from Middle English dogge, from Old English docga, from Old English -ga, from Proto-West Germanic *-gō.

Dogge (German): boarhound, mastiff

Definitions

  1. boarhound, mastiff

Ancestry of “Dogge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoggeObsolete spelling of dog
2Middle Englishdoggean ordinary dog, especially a hunting dog; a...
3Old Englishdocgaa powerful kind of dog, a hound
4Old English-gaDiminutive suffix, used especially in familiar...
5Proto-West Germanic*-gō—

Words derived from “Dogge”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *-gō →Every word from Old English -ga →Every word from Old English docga →