Where does “flaggdúkur” come from?

flaggdúkur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic dúkur, 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-.

flaggdúkur (Icelandic): bunting

Definitions

  1. bunting

Ancestry of “flaggdúkur”, step by step

flaggdúkur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic dúkur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicdúkurcloth, sheet
2Old Norsedúkrcloth
3Middle Low Germandôk—
4Old Saxondōk—
5Proto-West Germanicdōkcloth, rag
6Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—

via Icelandic flagg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicflaggflag, pennon, pennant
2Old Norseflakato flutter, about
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dōk →