Where does “toga” come from?

toga (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse toga, from Proto-Germanic tugōną, from Proto-Indo-European dewk- — to pull, to draw; to lead.

toga (Icelandic): to pull, to draw, to tug; to trawl

Definitions

  1. to pull, to draw, to tug; to trawl

Ancestry of “toga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetogato draw, pull, stretch; indefinite genitive...
2Proto-Germanictugōnąto pull, tow
3Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

Words derived from “toga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tugōną →Every word from Old Norse toga →