Where does “dogge” come from?
dogge (Middle English) comes from Old English docga, from Old English -ga, from Proto-West Germanic *-gō.
dogge (Middle English): an ordinary dog, especially a hunting dog; a...
Definitions
- an ordinary dog, especially a hunting dog; a...
Ancestry of “dogge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | docga | a powerful kind of dog, a hound |
| 2 | Old English | -ga | Diminutive suffix, used especially in familiar... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *-gō | — |
Words derived from “dogge”