Where does “toch” come from?
toch (Middle Dutch) comes from Dutch doch, from Middle Dutch doch, from Old Dutch thoh, from Proto-West Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
Ancestry of “toch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | doch | yet, but, still, on the contrary, no, yes; but... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | doch | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | thoh | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | þauh | nevertheless, though |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þauh | nevertheless, though |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |