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Where does “Duch” come from?

Duch (Middle English) comes from Middle Dutch duutsch, from Old Dutch thiudisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz, from Proto-Germanic þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Duch (Middle English): German, Dutch; German, Low German, Dutch

Definitions

  1. German, Dutch; German, Low German, Dutch

Ancestry of “Duch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchduutsch—
2Old Dutchthiudiscof the people, vernacular
3Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
4Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
5Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
7Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “Duch”

  • Dutch
  • Dutchman
  • dutch
  • bedutch
  • Flying Dutchman
  • Dutch nightingale
  • डच
  • ดัตช์
  • ดัชต์
  • ڈچ
  • डच
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