Where does “doch” come from?

doch (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon thōh, from Proto-Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

Ancestry of “doch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonthōh—
2Proto-Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

Words derived from “doch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic þauh →