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Where does “doch” come from?

doch (German) comes from Middle High German doch, from Old High German doh, 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 (German): though; yet; but; however; nevertheless; for all...

Definitions

  1. though; yet; but; however; nevertheless; for all...

Ancestry of “doch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandochyet
2Old High Germandohthough
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”

  • jedoch
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