Where does “toch” come from?

toch (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon tugi, from Proto-West Germanic *tugi, from Proto-Germanic tugiz, from Proto-Indo-European dewk- — to pull, to draw; to lead.

Ancestry of “toch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxontugi—
2Proto-West Germanic*tugidrawing, tug, pull
3Proto-Germanictugiza drawing, tug, pull
4Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tugiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tugi →