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Where does “ruddok” come from?

ruddok (Middle English) comes from Old English rudduc, from Old English -oc, from Hungarian -ük, from Proto-Germanic -ukaz — Forms diminutive nouns.

Ancestry of “ruddok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrudducruddock; robin
2Old English-ocnoun suffix used to form descriptive names from...
3Hungarian-üktheir
4Proto-Germanic-ukazForms diminutive nouns

Words derived from “ruddok”

  • ruddock
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