Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “dūk” come from?

dūk (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwōg-.

Ancestry of “dūk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
2Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—
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