Where does “doch” come from?
doch (Middle High German) comes from Old High German doh, 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.
doch (Middle High German): yet
Ancestry of “doch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | doh | though |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | þauh | nevertheless, though |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þauh | nevertheless, though |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
Words derived from “doch”