Where does “dogas” come from?
dogas (Lithuanian) comes from German Dogge, from English dogge, from Middle English dogge, from Old English docga, from Old English -ga, from Proto-West Germanic *-gō.
dogas (Lithuanian): boarhound
Ancestry of “dogas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Dogge | boarhound, mastiff |
| 2 | English | dogge | Obsolete spelling of dog |
| 3 | Middle English | dogge | an ordinary dog, especially a hunting dog; a... |
| 4 | Old English | docga | a powerful kind of dog, a hound |
| 5 | Old English | -ga | Diminutive suffix, used especially in familiar... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *-gō | — |
Words derived from “dogas”