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Where does “doec” come from?

doec (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch duok, from Proto-West Germanic dōk, from Proto-Germanic dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwōg-.

doec (Middle Dutch): cloth

Definitions

  1. cloth

Ancestry of “doec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchduok—
2Proto-West Germanicdōk—
3Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—

Words derived from “doec”

  • witdoeke
  • doek
  • zeildoeken
  • zeildoeks
  • blinddoek
  • zakdoek
  • wisdoek
  • vaatdoek
  • theedoek
  • doek
  • lendendoek
  • doeken
  • doekoe
  • zeildoek
  • doek
  • duku
  • dhuku
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