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Where does “toghe” come from?

toghe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tugi, from Germanic *tugi, from Proto-Germanic tugiz, from Proto-Indo-European dewk- — to pull, to draw; to lead.

Ancestry of “toghe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtugi—
2Germanic*tugi—
3Proto-Germanictugiza drawing, tug, pull
4Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

Words derived from “toghe”

  • teug
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk- →