Where does “doge” come from?
doge (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian dogas, from German Dogge, from English dogge, from Middle English dogge, from Old English docga, from Old English -ga, from Proto-West Germanic *-gō.
doge (Lithuanian): locative singular of dogas; vocative singular of...
Definitions
- locative singular of dogas; vocative singular of...
Ancestry of “doge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | dogas | boarhound |
| 2 | German | Dogge | boarhound, mastiff |
| 3 | English | dogge | Obsolete spelling of dog |
| 4 | Middle English | dogge | an ordinary dog, especially a hunting dog; a... |
| 5 | Old English | docga | a powerful kind of dog, a hound |
| 6 | Old English | -ga | Diminutive suffix, used especially in familiar... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *-gō | — |