Where does “dúkur” come from?
dúkur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse dúkr, from Middle Low German dôk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic dōk, from Proto-Germanic dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwōg-.
dúkur (Icelandic): cloth, sheet
Ancestry of “dúkur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | dúkr | cloth |
| 2 | Middle Low German | dôk | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | dōk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dōk | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dōkaz | cloth, rag |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwōg- | — |
Words derived from “dúkur”